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Indiana University, 



ITS HISTORY FROM 1820, WHEN FOUNDEDJO 1890, 



Biographical Sketches of Its Presidents, Professors 

ates, and a List of I1 

from 1820 to 1887. 



and Gi-aduates, and a List of Its Students 



BY 

THEOPHILUS A. WYLIE, 

Professor Emeritus of Physics. 



INDIANAPOLIS: 

WM. B. BUEFOBD, LITHOGRAPHER, PRINTER AND BINDER. 
1890 



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PREFACE. 



This Historical Catalogue was prepared under tlie auspices 
of the Board of Trustees of the University. The work has 
taken much longer time than was expected at its beginning. 
The loss of so man}- records and papers of the University by 
the fire of 1884, has prevented more of detail in some parts of 
the history. Fortunately one large volume of records from 
1840 to 1859 was not in the Library at the time of the fire. 
No doubt many errors and defects will be noticed in the work 
of the compiler. It is a very difficult if not impossible work, 
where so much research has to be made, and where so many 
persons are concerned, to avoid mistakes of different kinds. 
Many, very many, letters of inquiry have been sent during the 
progress of the work, to most of which replies liave been re- 
ceived. The addresses of some of the graduates have not 
been found, and from a few whose addresses were found, no re- 
ply could be obtained. 

The compiler wonld take this occasion to acknowledge his 
obligations to Col. K. S. Robertson and Judge D. D. Banta for 
the chapters they have written, and for suggestions made. In 
addition to these he has received valuable assistance from grad- 
uates and students, and particularly the editors of the Indiana 
Student. 

Through some accident the list of names of the Board of 
Trustees, which should have been in or near the beginning of 
the work, is placed at the end. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

The University as Fostered and Developed by Legisla- 
tion, l;y R. S.Robertson 5-37 

The Indiana Seminary, by D. D. Banta 38-46 

The History of the University from 1828 to 1890 47-90 

Sketches of the Presidents of the University 91-102 

Sketches of the Professors 103-165 

Sketches of tlie Gradnates of the Collegiate Depart- 
ment 166-309 

Sketches of the Graduates of the Law Department 310-364 

List of Xon-Graduate Students of the Law Depart- 
ment 365-370 

Supplement to Collegiate Department 371-377 

The first College Catalogue 378-379 

List of Students of the Collegiate and Preparatory De- 
partments, Xon-Graduates of Indiana Univer- 
sity 380-463 

Members of the Board of Trustees and officers of the 
Board, preceded by a sketch of Dr. David H. 
Maxwell, its first president 464-472 



THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY A« FOSTERED 
AND DEVELOPED BY LEGISLATION. 



HY HUBERT S. ROBERTSON. 



The history of legislatiou upon tin- subject of education, es- 
pecially in its higher grades, in the territory now comprising 
the State of Indiana, discloses that the founders of the new 
Republics west of the Alleghenies Avere deeply impressed with 
the sense of the advantages to be derived from a liberal and 
thorough system of education by the States which were des- 
tined to "increase and multiply'" towards the setting sun, and 
that their descendants and successors have fairly carried out 
their plans, and have Ituilt well upon the foundations which 
were laid broad and deep at the beginning of our civic exist- 
ence. In the preparation of this sketch it has been thought 
V>est to give the language of the constitutional and legislative 
enactments, out of which have groAvn the structure known as 
the Indiana University, especially where important declara- 
tions or changes of system have been made, rather than to at- 
tempt to give the substance of the laws. 

The legal history of the University has thus been traced 
through the laws organizing and governing the northwest ter- 
ritory, Indiana territory, and the State of Indiana, exhibiting 
the legislation of a century of marvelous progress in creating 
and fostering an institution which is justly the pride and boast 
of the State, and is recognized as one of its greatest bulwarks. 

In the early planting of the educational germ in America, 
and its development through trials and vicissitudes to its pres- 
ent proportions, we owe nearly everything we have received to 
the Puritan of New England, for long before the more south- 
ern colonies had abandoned the ideas nourished by an aristo- 

J— HiSTOBT. 



6 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

cratif monai'cliy tlu- New England colonies took advanced 
irround ujion the question of free schools, and in 1647 the 
Plvnionth colonists, by a public act, declared that, ''the Lord 
assisting' their endeavors,"" they would provide for ''the educa- 
tion of the i»eople'" by establishing schools to .teach reading 
and writing, and "grammar schools to fit youth foi- the Uni- 
versity." ■ 

In contrast with this, we tind the British (Governor of Vir- 
ginia in 1670 replying to queries addressed to hiin Iw the home 
government, using this i-emarkable language: "I thank God 
thei'e are no free schools or jti-inting, for learning has brought 
disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing 
has divulged them."* It is worthy of note that the great do- 
main ceded l)y \'irginia to tlie United States was endowed 
with tile great boon of free education l)y New England pio- 
neer^s, and enjoyed the l)ene"fits flowing from the gift nearly a 
century before Virginia herself overcame her ]>rejudices and 
accepted the American idea of education for all, from the 
highest to the lowest of the peo[ile. 

It would be gratifying if it could be said that the law-making 
power of the United States, in providing so lil)erally as it has 
done for the cause of education in the Northwest Territory, 
had heen actiuited solely 1)V a desire to diffuse the benefits of 
leai'uing and knowledge among the people. Ibit the fact is 
otherwise, and a study of tlie early legislation upon this sul)- 
ject, and of its causes and motix'es. discloses that a mercenary 
desii'c on the part of the (Tovernmeut to sell its lands, and on 
the }»art of speculators to ol)tain good prit-es for the vast tracts 
tiiey were negotiating to secure, entei'ed largely into the causes 
which inriuenced. and finally brought about, the beneficent 
grants of pul)lic lands which l)ecame the foumlation of oui' 
great system of free schools and free education. 

^^)rtunately for the future of the great Tei'ritory which was 
the subject of negotiation and Oongressiomil discussion, thei'i' 
were found, among both spectdators and statesmen, men of 
liroad and enlightened views and liberal minds wlio exerted a 
t'ontrolling influence in sha[)ing the legislation, among whom 
stood prominently Col. Timothy Pickering and Manasseh Cut- 
ler, whose wise counsels and pertinacity of purpose had much 
to do with bringing al)out the final enactments which provided 
so liberallv for establishinir and maintaining: not onlv a svstem 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



of common schools for primary education, but the grander and 
far-reaching university system, in which the higher grades of 
learning shoukl be open and free to all. 

To them, and the nol)le men who folk)wed the pathway 
marked out by them, we o^ve a debt of gratitude which has 
never been fully paid. 



CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION. 



THE ORDINANCES OF 1785 AND 1787. 

While C\)ngress was hesitating in regard to tlie dis])osition 
of the hinds ceded by tlie States to the (Tcneral (Tovernment, 
Hufus Putnam and others of the New England soldiers formed 
the idea of a State, to he hu-ated l)etween Lake Erie and the 
Ohio, which should he settled by the aiMiiy \'etei"ans and their 
families. 

In April, 17H8, Col. Timothy Pickering outlined a plan which 
Putnam and his associates submitted to Congi'ess, with a petition 
for leave to found the colony. After providing foi- the distribu- 
tion of lands to the soldiers in payuient of their services, the plan 
was proposed that " all the surplus lauds shoidd be the property 
of the State, and disposed of for the public good, as for hiving out 
roads, building l)ridges, erecting public buildings, csftihltflnrK/ 
sehooh and ar-ddemies, defraying the expenses of tlie Govern- 
ment, and other public uses." In a letter to Washington urg- 
ing him to assist in furthering its objects, dated June 16, 1783, 
Putnam suggested the division of the lands into townships six 
miles square, with reservations for schools and the ministry. 

The original ordinance presented by Jefferson in 1784 for the 
organization of the Territory, contained no provision for the 
school reservations, for on the 8th of March, 1785, Col. Pick- 
ering, writing to Rufus King, a member of the committee which 
had it in charge, objected to it because there was " no provis- 
ion made for the ministers of the gospel, nor even for schools 
or academies," and said, ''the latter, at least, might have been 
brought into view." On the 12th or 14th of April, 1785, the 
committee reported a new ordinance, in which the following 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



clause was inserted : "■ There shall be reserved the central sec- 
tion of every township for the maintenance of public schools, 
and the section immediately adjoining for the support of re- 
ligion." 

Mr. (xrayson, ;i menihej- of the committee, in a letter to 
Wanhington, dated A[)ril 15, says: ''The idea of a township 
with the temptation of a suppoit for religion and education 
liolds forth an inducement for neighborhoods of the same re- 
ligious sentiments to confederate for the purpose of purchasing 
and settling together. On the 28d of April the clause relating 
to religion was stricken out, and on the 20th of May the ordi- 
nance, with many amendments, was adopted. The clause re- 
lating to education finally stood as follows : " There shall be 
reserved from sale the lot No. 16 of every township for the 
maintenance of public schools within the said township." 

It will be seen not only that mercenary motives, the offering 
of inducements to purchase, entered largely into the scheme, 
but also that we owe the great endowment of western schools, 
not to Jefferson, as has been claimed, but to Col. Pickering. 

This oi'dinance was a temporary expedient, and did not meet 
the ex]>ectation or demands of the soldiers, and the Ohio Com- 
[»jiny was formed in 17HH, which, in March, 1787, elected as 
directoi's, Samuel Holden Parsons, Manasseh Cutler and Rufus 
Putnam, who in May pi'esented a memorial to Congress, which 
was at once referred to a special committee. This committee 
in two days reported a hill, but differing materially from the 
plan proposed by the Ohio Company. 

Two days later, July 13, 1787, it passed, and becann; the famous 
Ordinance for the Government of the N^orthwest Territory. 
The third article declared that '' Religion, morality and knowl- 
edge l)eing necessary to good government and the happiness of 
mankind, schools and the, means of education shall be forever 
encouraged.'' 

During this time the [u-oposals of the Ohio Company to pur- 
chase lands were being considered by Congress, and finally the 
committee i-ecommended the sale on the terms demanded by 
the company, /. < ., one lot in each township for common schools, 
one lot for the su])port of the ministry, and four townships for 
tlu' estahlishuu'nt of a university. 

This recommendation Congress tliought too liberal, and 
framed an ordinance reserving only lot No. 16 for schools, as 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 9 

provided in the ordinance of 1785. This did not suit Dr. Cut- 
ler, who submitted another proposal as containing the only 
conditions on which the company would purchase. Needing 
the money oifered, Congress unwillingly accepted the terms, 
and on the 23d of July passed the ordinance, providing that 
lot No. 16 be given perpetually to the maintenance of schools, 
and lot 29 to the purposes of religion, and two townships near 
the center for the support of a literary institution, to be applied 
to the intended object by the Legislature of the State. Under 
this was the Ohio Company's purchase completed, and in the 
same year John Cleves Symmes purchased a large tract in the 
Territory with similar reservations for schools and the minis- 
try, and one township for a seminary of learning. 

Following upon this, the act of Congress of March 26, 1804 
(U. S. Statutes at Large, 2277), entitled " an act making provision 
for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana Territory, 
and for other purposes,'' established three land districts, viz : 
Detroit, Kaskaskia and Vincennes. 

The fifth section enacts that certain lands " shall, with the 
exception of the section numbered sixteen, which shall be re- 
served in each township for the support of schools within the 
same ; also of an entire township in each of the three described 
tracts of country or districts, to be located by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, for the use of a seminary of learning, * * be 
ojffered for sale," etc. 

On the 10th of October, 1806, Albert Gallatin, Secretary of 
the Treasury, located township ISTo. 2 south, range 11 east, now 
in Gibson County, Indiana, for the use of a seminary of learn- 
ing, as required by said act. 

On the 19th of April, 1816, Congress, by the act to provide 
for the admission of Indiana as a State of the Union, provided 
"that one entire township, which shall be designated by the 
President of the United States, in addition to the one hereto- 
fore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of 
a Seminary of learning, and vested in the Legislature of said 
State, to be appropriated solely to the use of such Seminary 
by the said Legislature. (3 U. S. Statutes, 289.) 

When the Convention met at Corydon to frame a Constitu- 
tion for the State of Indiana, on motion of Mr. Johnson, a 
committee consisting of Jonathan Lindley, Benjamin Parke, 
and James Noble was appointed on the 19th day of June, 1816, 



10 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



to select siu'li towiisliip for (lesitjiiatioii hy tlie President. On 
tlie same day, the committee addressed a note to the Register 
and Receiver of tlie Land Office at Vincennes, i)Oth of whom 
were |»i-esent at the Convention, John Badollet, the Register, 
heing a member and serving npon tlie ('ommittee on Educa- 
tion, re(inesting that township nnmliered eigfit, range one west, 
be recommended to the President foi- reservation. On the fol- 
lowing day, June 20, the Register and Receiver complied with 
this reqnest of the committee, and the location thus made was 
approved by President Madison on the fOth day of July, 1816. 
The county in which the h)cation was made was, when or- 
ganized, christened with the name of President Monroe, and 
the to.wnship thns chosen was christened with the name of 
Commodore Perrv. 

THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 

The first law-making jiower of the Northwest Territory cre- 
ated by the Ordinance of 17S7, consisting of the Governor and 
Judges a])]>oint(Ml by the President, seems to have enacted no 
laws ni)on the subject of free education, but when the people 
became entitled to representation in the TerritorialLegislature 
we find them hastening to cai-i-y out the declaration of the 
Ordinance in regard to encouraging good government and the 
happiness of mankind by establishing and fostering a system 
of education, in which the highei- branches of learning were to 
foi'in a conspicuous part. 

The first enactment to this end was passed during the first 
session of the first Territorial Legislature of the Northwest 
Territory. It was entitled, ^'An act establishing an university 
in the town of Athens," and was approved January 9, 1802. 
(Laws N. W. Ter. 1802, p. IHl.) Its preamble recites: 
•"Whereas, instimtioiis for the liberal education of youth are 
essential to the progress of arts and sciences, important to 
morality, virtue and religion, friendly to the peace, order and 
prosj.crity of society, and honorable to the Government that 
encourages and patronizes theiii : and, whereas, the Congress 
of the Pnited States did nnike a grant of two townships ofland 
within the purchase made i)y the Ohio Company of Associates, 
for the encouragement and support of an university therein ; 
and, whereas, the interference of the Legislature is rendered 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 11 

necesisary to [(oiiit out and direct the mode in whieli the same 
shall be brought into operation, that the benelit of the grant 
may be applied to the purposes designed, therefore," etc. It 
was to be known by the name and style of the '■' American 
Western University for the instruction of youth in all the vari- 
ous branches of the liberal arts and sciences, for the promotion 
of good education, virtue, religion and morality, and for con- 
ferriuii- all the dei>:rees and literarv honors o^ranted in similar 
institutions." Rufus Putnam, Joseph Oilman, Return Jonathan 
Meigs, Jr., Rev. Daniel Story, (Iriffin Greene, Robert Oliver, 
Ebenezer Sproat, Dudley W()odl)ridge and Isaac Pierce, with 
the President of the ITniversity for the time being, were created 
a body politic, witli succession, as the President and Trustees 
of the American Western Universitv. 



INDIANA TERRITORY. 

When Oliio became a State, and Indiana Territory was cre- 
ated, the same liberal ])olicy was followed, and "An act to in- 
cor]»orate an university in the Indiana Territory" was passed, 
and approved l>y the Governor, William Henry Harrison, No- 
vember 9, 180(1. (Laws 1806, p. 6; revision 1807, p. 407.) 

The preaml)le is as follows : '' Whereas^ The independence, 
happiness and energy of every republic depends (under the in- 
fluence of the destinies of Heaven) upon the wisdom, virtue, 
talents and energy of its citizens and rulers ; and ivhereas, 
science, literature and the liberal arts contribute in an eminent 
degree to improve those qualities and acquirements; and 
irhereas, learning has ever been found the ablest advocate of 
genuine liberty, the best supporter of national religion, and the 
source of the only imperishable glory which nations can acquire ; 
and forasmuch, as literature and philosophy furnish the most 
useful and pleasing occupations, improving and varying the 
enjoyments of prosperity, affording relief under the pressure 
of misfortune and hope and consolation in the hour of death; 
and considering that, in a commonwealth where the humblest 
citizen may be elected to the highest public offices, and where 
the Heaven-born prerogative of the right to elect and reject is 
retained and secured to the citizens, the knowledge which is re- 
quisite for a magistrate and elector, should be widely diffused ; 



12 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

" iSECTioN 1. Be if therefore enacted by the Legislative Council 
and House of Representatives, That an University be and is 
lierebv instituted and incorporated within this Territory, to be 
caHed and known by the name or style of 'The Vincennes 
University;' that William Henry Harrison, John Gibson, 
Thomas T. Davis, Henry Vanderburgh, Waller Taylor, Benja- 
min Parke, Peter Jones, James Johnson, John Badollet, John 
Rice Jones, George Wallace, William Bullitt, Elias McNamee, 
Henry Hurst, General W. Johnston, Francis Vigo, Jacob Kuy- 
kendoll, Samuel McKee, Nathanial Ewing, George Leach, Luk© 
Decker, Samuel Gwathmey, and John Johnson, are hereby de 
dared to be Trustees of the said University," with power to 
elect to fill vacancies, and to make by-laws, ordinances and reg- 
ulations for its government not inconsistent with the charter 
or laws of the Territory, or of the United States. 

By the terms of vSection 6, the Trustees were, " as speedily 
as may 1k',"' to establish an University within the borough of 
Vincennes, and to appoint, to preside over and govern it, a 
F^resident, and not exceeding four professors, "for the instruc- 
tion of youth kx\ the Latin, French and English languages. 
Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Logic, Rhetoric, and the 
Law of Nature and of Nations." The Faculty was empowered 
to grant, with the consent of the Trustees, degrees in the lib- 
eral arts and sciences to such students of the LTniversity who, 
by their proficiency in learning, should be considered entitled 
to them, and to grant di])lomas to authenticate and perpetuate 
the memory of graduations. 

It was made the duty of the Trustees to establish a library, 
and from time to time elect a Professor of Divinit}^ of Law, 
and of Physic, whenever they might deem it necessary for the 
good of the institution, but no particular tenets of religion 
were to be taught. Then follows: 

'■'•And. whereas. The establishment of an institution of this 
kind in the neighborhood of the aborigines of this country 
may tend to the gradual civilization of the rising generation, 
and if properly conducted be of essential service to themselves, 
and contribute greatly to the cause of humanity and brotherly 
love, which all men ought to bear to each other of whatever 
color, and tend also to preserve that friendship and harmony 
which ought to exist between the Government and the In- 
dians," the Trustees were enjoined " to use their utmost en- 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 13 

deavors to induce the said aborigines to send their children to 
said University for education, who, when sent, shall be main- 
tained, clothed and educated at the expense of said institution," 

It was further provided, that when the funds would permit, 
all students were to be educated gratis in all or any of the 
branches of education they might require. 

Curious as it may seem at this day, the funds for the support 
of the institution, for procuring a library and philosophical 
and experimental apparatus, were to be raised by a lottery, "to 
be conducted by five discreet persons," to be chosen by the 
Board of Trustees. The sum authorized to be raised by this 
means was not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. 

This University, at Vincennes, was destined in later days to 
come in conflict with the Indiana Univtirsity in such a manner 
as to seriously threaten its stability, but fortunately the danger 
was averted. 

THE STATE OF INDIANA. 

The Constitution adopted at Corydon, June 91, 1816, upon 
which the territory became a State of the Union, declared with 
no uncertain sound in favor of advanced education, as well as 
common schools. Sections 1 and 2 of Article 9 read as follows 
{Rev. Laios 1824, j). 48) : 

" Section 1. Knowledge and learning, generally dilfused 
through a community, being essential to the ];)reservation of a 
fi-ee government, and spreading the opportunities and advan- 
tages of education through the various parts of the country 
being highly conducive to this end, it shall be the duty of the 
G-eneral Assembly to provide, by law, for the improvement of 
such lands as are, or hereafter may be, granted by the United 
States to this State for the use of schools, and to apply any 
funds which may be raised from such lands, or from any other, 
quarter, to the accomplishment of the grand object for which 
they are, or may be intended, but no lands granted for the use 
of schools or seminaries of learning shall be sold by authority 
of this State prior to the year eighteen hundred and twenty, 
and the moneys which may be raised out of the sale of any 
such lands, or otherwise obtained for the purposes aforesaid, 
shall be and remain a fund for the exclusive purpose of pro- 
moting the interest of literature and the sciences, and for the 



14 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVKRSITY. 




suppoi-t of semiiiaric's and pulilic schools. The (xeneral As- 
seml)l_v shall, from time to time, pum such Uiavs as shall be cal- 
culated to eucourage intellectual, scientitical and agricultural 
improvement by allowing rewards and immunities for the pro- 
motion and improvement of arts, sciences, commerce, manu- 
factures and natural history, and to countenance and encour- 
age the principles of humanitv, industry and morality. 

"Sec. 2. It shall he the duty of the (leneral Assembly, as 
soon as circumstances will permit, to provide l)y laAV for a o-en- 
eral system of education, ascending in a regular gradation from 
township schools to a State university, wherein tuition shall be 
gi-atis, and equally open to all." 

This was tile voice of a people environed by all the dangers, 
aii<l inured to all the toil and vicissitudes of a life in the wil- 
derness, just emerging from the territorial form of government 
to enter the sisterhood of great, co-equal States in the Union, 
and who knew l)y hard experience the necessity of education 
to the welfare of the State ; and it contrasts favorably with 
the declaration of the Constitutional Convention of 1851. (Rev. 
Laws 1852, 1, p. 62), which is as follows: "Art. 8, sec. 1. 
Knowledge and learning, generally diffused throughout a com- 
munity, being essential to the preservation of a free govern- 
ment, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, 
hy all suitable means, moral, intellectual, scientific and agricul- 
tural improvement, and to provide by law for a general and 
uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be 
without charge, and equally open to all." 

The committee appointed by the Constitutional Convention 
of 181H, on the subject of ''Education, and the universal diffu- 
sion of useful knowledge," to whicli we owe so much, deserves 
to have their names recorded. It was composed of John Scott 
of Clark, John Badollet and William Polke of Xnox, Dann 
Lynn of Posey, and John Boone of Harrison. 

THE STATE SEMINARY. 

As soon as the four years prescribed by the Constitution oi 
ISIB had exi)ired, the Legislature of the young State made 
haste to comply with its requirements, and a " State Seminarv " 
was founded, which, through the " Indiana College." ultimatelv 
became the "Indiana f^niversitv.'' 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 15 

An " act to establish a State Seminary, and for other pur- 
poses,'" was passed and approved January 20, 1820. (Laws 
1820, p. 82). This was the beginning of the State University, 
so that its history dates from this period. By the terms of this 
act, Charles Dewey, Jonathan Lindley, David H. Maxwell, John 
M. Jenkins, Jonathan Nichols and William Lowe were consti- 
tuted the Boai'd of Trustees of the State Seminary, as a body 
corporate and politic. They were to meet at Bloomington, in 
the county of Monroe, on the first Monday of June following, 
or as soon thereafter as convenient, and after taking the oath 
of office, were to repair to the township of land granted by 
Congress to the State for the use of a seminary of learning, and 
to select an eligible and convenient site for the State Seminary. 
They were empowered to appoint an agent to lay off lots and 
sell them, not exceeding one section, or 640 acres in quantity. 
As soon as the Trustees deemed it expedient, they were to erect 
a suitable building for the seminary, and a suitable and com- 
modious house for the professor, on the site they might select, 
and within ten days after the meeting of the next General As- 
sembly were to lay before it a true and perfect statement of 
their proceedings, with a }»lat of the lots and lands laid off and 
sold, the proceeds of the sales, and a plan of the buildings 
erected or proposed to be erected. 

Before entering u})on their duties, the Trustees and their 
agent were required to give bond, with security, for the per- 
formance of their duties, and to the Governor was given the 
right to fill all vacancies occurring in the Board. 

This act did not mention the Gibson County lands, hut on 
the 22d day of January, 1820, a joint resolution was adopted 
l)y the Legislature, appointing Jesse Emerson a superintendent 
to rent said lands, and account to the State for the proceeds. 

The next Legislature, by an act approved January 9, 1821, 
authorized the Trustees of the Seminary to loan any moneys 
in their possession belonging to the Seminary, on mortgage 
security. 

At the same session, on the 9th day of January, a "joint 
resolution" was passed (Laws 1821, p. 139), as follows: 

" Whereas, The General Assembly of the State of Indiana 
are deeply impressed with the importance of knowledge and 
learning being diffused througli the rising generation of the 
State of Indiana ; therefore. 



16 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

^'Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, 
That John Baclollet and David Hart, of Knox County, William 
W. Martin, of Washington County, James Welsh of Switzer- 
land County, and Daniel I. Carswell, of Franklin County, 
Thomas C. Searle, of Jefferson County, and John Todd, of 
Clark County, be and they hereby are appointed a committee 
to draft and report to the next General Assembly of this State 
a bill providing for a general system of education, ascending 
in a regular gradation from township schools to a State Uni- 
versity, where tuition shall be gratis and equally open to all, 
and particularly to guard against any distinction existing in 
any of said institutions between the rich and the poor. 

'■^Resolved, That the said committee shall receive such com- 
pensation for their said services herein as shall be allowed by 
the next General Assembly. 

'■^Resolved, That the Governor is hereby requested to notify 
the gentlemen appointed by the above resolution of their ap- 
pointment, and he is also hereby requested to give the com- 
mittee any information on the above subject in his possession." 

The labors of the committee thus ap[)ointed, after having 
passed under the revision of Judge Parke and the General 
Assembly, were incorporated in the first general school law of 
the State, which appears in the Revised Statutes of 1824, page 
879, under the title of "An Act Incorporating Congressional 
Townships, and Providing for Public Schools therein." 

As this act failed to carry out tliat part of the resolution re- 
quiring that the bill should provide for " a general system of 
education ascending in a regular gradation from township schools 
to a State University,^' it has no place in this sketch. 

On the 22d of January, 1822, an act was passed providing for 
the sale of the Seminary township in Gibson County, and re- 
quiring the money to be paid into the State Treasury, " that it 
may be made a productive fund for the benefit of the State Sem- 
inary." The seventh section of this act recites the fact that 
the Trustees of the Vincennes University had sold portions of 
such lands and had negligently permitted the corporation to 
die without having executed deeds to certain purchasers, and 
the Commissioners appointed were authorized to hear the 
claims and decide as seemed to them just and right, and to ex- 
ecute deeds to such purchasers. 



I 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 17 

By the act approved February 10, 1825 (Laws 1825, p. 97), it 
appears that John W. Lee was the agent for the Monroe County 
lands (doubtless appointed by the Board of Trustees), and he 
was required to rent all improved lots by letting them to the 
highest bidder at a " public vendue," to be held on the first 
Monday of March, biennially, the successful bidder to give 
bond with security for the payment of his rent on or before 
the first of December of each year, to keep the premises in 
good repair, and to prevent unnecessary waste ; and the rent 
was to be not less than 62| cents an acre. 

The Trustees were authorized to receive all moneys arising 
in any way from the Seminary lands and from the State inter- 
est on all the Seminary funds in the treasury. 

The next Legislature, by an act approved January 21, 1826 
(Laws 1826, p. 82), appointed Daniel Rawlings, Edward Bow- 
land, and William Marshall additional trustees for the State 
Seminary in Monroe County, upon their (jualifying, to con- 
tinue in office for one yeai' and until otlici's were a])|»ointed and 
(jualified according to law. 

By an act approved January 25, 1S27 (Laws 1827, p. 98), 
James Smith of Gibson, and James Borland of Monroe County, 
were appointed Commissioners, with power to sell the reserved 
Seminary lands in those townships: but three sections, one on 
the east, one on the south, and one on the west most contigu- 
ous to the section on which the Seniinai'v buildings were situ- 
ated, were reserved from the sale. 

The Treasurer of vState was required to keep an account cur- 
rent with the State Seminary of the nu)neyed transactions 
under this act, and to pay quai'ter yearly to the Trustees anv 
interest that may have accrued. 

Under these at-ts about 17,000 acres of the Gihson Countv 
lands were s(^ld, and the i)rocee(ls paid into the State Treasury, 
to l)e accredited to the Seminary, C^)llege and University Funds, 
and out of this gi-ew the subsequent inq^ortant litigation be- 
tween the State and the Trustees of the Viiiccnnes l^niversity, 
hereafter to be noticed. 

The same Legislature passed '' an act appointing a Board of 
Visitors to the State Seminary, at- Bloomington, and for ad- 
vancing the interests of said institution." The act approved 
January 20, 1827 (Laws 1827, p. 99), is as follows : 



18 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

"Section 1. Be it enacted hythe Gciiemf Assembly of the State 
of Indiavd, That the Governor and Lieutenant Governor for 
the time being, the Judges of the Supreme (loui't of this State, 
the Judge of the District Court of tlie United States for the 
District of [ndiana, the District Attorney of said District, 
Moses TalJ)s, John E. Hubhs, Samuel Hall, Samuel Gwathmey, 
Jeremiah Rowland, Reuben W. jN"els()n, Jeremiah Sullivan, 
Samuel Merrill, John Test, William B. Laughlin, William 
McClure, William S. (-ornett, Beaumont Parks, [lenrv Way, 
Jeremiah Cash, Samuel Scott and George II. Dunn, be and they 
hereby are appointed a Board of \'isitors to the State Semi- 
luiry at Bloomingtou, to i'ontinue as sucli for three years from 
the date of this act. and nntil successors are appointed, who, 
or any tive of wliom are autlioi'ized and re<juested to act as 
visitors aforesaid in tlie nuinner hereinafter specified. 

'' Skc. 2. The Board of Visitors aforesaid are hereby author- 
ized st-nii -annually, on the Thursdays j) receding the session of the 
Sujjreme C^ourt at Indianapolis, to assemble in the town of Bloom- 
ingtou, and |)roceed to visit and inspect the Seminary aforesaid ; 
whenever any five of the above-named \isitors shall convene 
in pursuance of this act, they shall a})point from their nund»ei' 
a r*resideut and Secretary of said Boai'd; the President so ap- 
pointed shall, as soon as convenient, notify the President or 
sonu' one of the Trustees of said Seminary of their attendance 
at said })lace and readiness to proceed in visiting and inspect- 
ing the said Seminary : whose duty it shall be forthAvith to call 
a uieeting of said Trustees, who ai'c hereby required to attend 
at the place of meeting of said Board of Visitors, with the 
records of the cori)Oi'ati(m, and also to give such verbal ex- 
planation of the ]>ast i>roceedings of such Trustees as may be 
called for, or which the said Trustees may deem necessary or 
pi'0])er. It shall further i)c the duty of said Trustees, at the 
same tinu\ to exhibit in writing to said \isitors a detailed re- 
port of the finances of the Seminary: the uuniher of teachers 
and students belonging to said Seminaiw ; the \arious liranches 
of scit'uce and literature taught; the course of tuition and dis- 
cipline ado|tted ; the Ity-iaws and regulations enacted, as well 
tor the tt'at-hei's as the students, and the })i'ogress nuule by the 
students, noting ])articularly in said report the names of those 
students who \\\\\v distinguished theniscKcs in auA' or all of 
the branches of education, and also those who ha\e been ex- 
emplary for good conduct. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 19 



''Sec. 3. After the examination of the reeords aforesaid, to- 
u-ether with the report of said Trnstees, wliieli shall he i-etained 
and preserved l)y the said visitors, it shall he the dntv of the 
said Trustees to conduct the said visitors to the hall or hnildiuii,- 
in which the students are asscnd)h'd for the purpose of person- 
allv inspecting their studies and progress, during whicli inspec- 
tion it sliall he the duty of tlie principal and assistant teachers 
to call on the several students for such exhihition of their 
scholarship as niav he in their power to gi\'e : aud to invite 
the said Board of \'isit()rs, individually or collectixely, to [)r()- 
pound any question to the stiulents, or to suggest any cou]-se 
of examination they may think pr()[>er: and at the close of 
said examination, the visitors aforesaid, hy their President or 
some mend)er of the Board, shall deliver such address to the 
students as to tliem shall seem proi)er. 

"Sec. 4, The said Board of Visitors -aw lierehy authorized 
to recommend tlie repeal of any by-hiws, I'ules or regulations 
adopted by the TruKstees of the State Seminary winch to them 
may seem inexpedient, inijtroper, oi' contrary to the interests of 
the institntion. 

"Sec. 5. It sludl he tlie duty of the ^'isitors to nndvc an an- 
nual i-epoi't of their ]»roceedings to the (Tcneral Assend)ly, 
whicli shall l)e addressed to the Speaker of the House of Re]t- 
resentatives, and wliich shall contain the report of the Trus- 
tees in the second section pro\ide(l for, their own acts ami 
opinions, aud also any ri'commendations they may think j>roper 
• to make of such measures witliin the competency of the Leg- 
islature as may tend to sustain, foster and improxt' the Semi- 
nary aforesaid." 

THE IXniANA COLliE<;E. 

By the act approved danuary 24, 1S2S (Laws 1828, \k 115), 
a college was estahlished at Bloomington, under the nanu' and 
style of ''Tlie Indiana (\dlege,"" for the e(hicati(m of youth in 
the '■'■ American, leai'iied and foreign languages, the useful arts, 
sciences and literature."' 

A Board of Trustees consisting of tifteeii persons, residents 
of the State, was ai)[)ointed, consisting of Edward Borland, 
Samuel Dodds, Leroy Maytield, Jonathan Nichols, -James Blair, 
David H. Maxwell, William Bannister aud William Lowe, of 



20 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



the county of Monroe; George H. Dunn, of Dearborn; ChriB- 
topher Han-ison, of Washington ; tSeth M. Leavenworth, of 
('rawft)r(h John Law, of Knox; Williamson Dunn, of Mont- 
gomery : Ovid Butler, of Slielby, and Bethuel F. Morris, of 
Marion. They were empowered to iill vacancies in their own 
body, and after the first meeting, on the tirst Monday of May, 
1828, were to determine the time of their future meetings and 
nnike all regulations for the government of the College and 
their own body as they deemed expedient, and to choose the 
oriicei-s and faculty. They also had the right to remove any 
otRcers of the corporation or College at discretion, and could 
remove meml)ers of their own Board for misconduct, breach of 
tiic b\-laws or gross immorality. jS^o President, professor or 
otHcei- of the College could be a Trustee. No instructor could 
be recpiired to profess any |)articular religious opinions, and no 
student was to t)e denii'd admission, or refused any privileges, 
honors or degrees, on account of religious opinions, and no 
sectarian principles were to be taught or inculcated. 

All the moneys arising fi-om the sale of the Seminary town- 
shi|ts in Monroe ami (4ibson counties were to remain forever 
as a i»ei'manent fund foi' the use of the College, and all the 
pi'oi)erty of the State Seminary was vested in the Board of 
Trustees of the Indiana College, to l>e used for the best inter- 
ests and ju-osperity of the institution. 

Benjamin Parke of Washington (.'ounty, James Scott of 
Clark, Jesse L. Holman of Dearborn, Isaac Blackford of Knox, 
and Ceorge Bush of Marion were ap])ointed a Board of Vis- 
itoi-s to annually visit the college, examine its property, real 
and pei-sonal, insjtect the course of instruction and the pro- 
ceedings and by-laws of the Board of Trustees, and to recom- 
mend such alterations as they might deem necessary ; to inquire 
into the financial condition of the college, and report the result 
to tlu' (70\eriuir, who was to lay it before the General Assem- 
bly. This Boai'd was to continue until the Legislature ap- 
pointed others in its stead. 

By a joint resolution, approve<l January 28, L8o(), Rev. Rol)ert 
Roberts was ai>]»ointed one of the Board of Visitors to iill a 
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Hon. Benjamin Parke ; 
and l)y a joint resolution, approved Fel)ruarv 2. 1833, Allen 
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were appointed Visitors to till vacancies caused by the refusal 
of Robert R. Roberts and James Armstrong* to serve. 

The act estiiblishing Indiana College was amended by an act 
approved FeV>ruary 1, 1834. Under its provisions each county 
in the State l)ecame entitled to send a student, whose tuition 
was to be gratis, and who was to be selected by the Boards do- 
ing county business in the respective counties, preference being 
given to those least able to pay for tuition. Each student so 
selected was to liave free tuition for two years, with all the 
privileges of those who paid for their tuition, and at the end of 
two years their places were to be tilled by the County Board in 
the saiu^ manner as the iirst were selected. 

Between the time of establishing the Indiana College and the 
year 1840, a numher of special acts providing for the sale of 
hinds, and the loaning and other disposition of the funds were 
passed, but they are deemed of too little importance in the 
k'gal history of the college to be worthy of insertion bore. 

THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

We have now reached a point of import to the institution, 
for the "Indiana College" was converted into ''The Indiana 
University '' by " an act to establish a university in the State 
of Indiana," approved February 15, 1838 (Local Laws, 1838, 
p. 294), and a new ei-a in its history was entered upon. The 
act is as follows : 

" Section 1. Be It oiacted hij the General Assembly of the State 
of Indiana, Tluit there shall be, and hereby is created and es- 
tablished a University adjacent to the town of Bloomington, in 
the county of Monroe, for the education of youth in the 
American, learned and foreign languages, the useful arts, 
sciences (including law and medicine) and literature, to be 
known by the name and style of the Indiana University, and 
to be governed and directed as hereinafter directed. 

"' Sec. 2. There shall be a Board of Trustees appointed, con- 
sisting of twenty-one persons, residents of the State, who shall 
be, and hereby are constituted a body corporate and politic by 
the name of 'The Trustees of the Indiana University,' and 
in their corporate name and capacity may sue and be sued, 
plead and be impleaded in any court of record, and by that name 
shall have perpetual succession. 

"The writer was unable to find the resolution appointing Armstrong as one of the Board. 
3— History. 



22 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



" 8e(". •^. TIk' said Tnistt'i's shall fill all \acam'ies which 
luav occur in tlicii- own hody. elect a President of the l)oard, 
Seci'etary, Treasurer and sncli other olticers as may be neces- 
sary tor the tjfood order and u-overnnient of* said corporation, 
and shall he coiniieteiit in law and in eijuity to take to them- 
selves and tlieir snccessoi's in tlieir said corjiorate name any es- 
tate, real, personal or mi.\'e(l. l»y tlie gift, gi'ant, hargain, sale, 
conNi'vance. will, (h'visi^'. oi- hiMpiest of any person oi' persons 
whomsoevei". and tiu' same estate, whethei- real, personal or 
mixed, to i^'rant, barji'ain, sell, convey, demise, let. |)lace out at 
interest, or otherwise dispose of foi- the nse of said ['niversity, 
in such manner as to them shall seem most heneiicial to tlie 
institution, and to rt'cei\e the rents, issues, [trotits, income and 
interest thereon, and :i|tply the same to the proper nse and suji- 
port of the said Fnixersity. and generally in their said corpor- 
ate name, shall haxc full power to do and transact all and 
I'very the hnsint'ss tonching oi- concerning the premises, or 
which shall he incidentally necessary thereto, as fully ami ef- 
fectnally as any natural ]>erson, hody [)oliti(' or cor[»orate, may 
or can d(t in the nninagement of their own concerns, and to 
hold, enjoy, exercise and us*,' the rights. j)Owers and [»rivileges 
incident to hodies politic and corjjorate in law and equity. 

■• Skc. 4. The said Trustees shall cause to l)e made for their 
use one common seal, with such devices and incriptions thereon 
as tliey shall thiid< pi'o])er, under and hy whi(di all deeds, 
diplonuis and certificates and acts of the said corporation shall 
pass and he authenticated. 

"Sec. ."). The said Trustees, or any ten of them, shall meet 
at Bloomington. in the county of Monroe, on the last Monday 
of Septeml)er nt'xt in tlu' year, and after severally taking an 
oath or affirmation faithfully and imj>ai'tially to discharge the 
duties hy this act enjoined, shall proceed to orgauiz-e a Board 
Ity eUcting oiu' of tlK'ir own memhers Presidiuit, and tlie Board 
when so formed shall a)»point a Seci'ctary and Treasurer, wiio 
shall severally, hefore entering u]ton the duties of their respec- 
tive offices, take an oath or affirmation faithfully and impar- 
tially to i)erform the duties appertaining to their respective 
offices, and tlie Treasurer shall give bond with three or more 
securitit's. t(» he approved l)y said Trustees, in the sum of 
twenty thousaiul dollars, payable to the State of Indiana, and 
conditicmed toi- the faithful discharii-e of the duties of his office 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 23 

of Treasurer of the said corporation, aiul which bond, exe- 
cuted and approved as aforesaid, shall l)e (lci»osited in the office 
of the Treasure]- of State. 

" 8ec. 6. The said Board of Trustees, when organized in 
manner aforesaid, shall forever thereafter detei-niine the time of 
their future meetings, the manner of notifying the same, and 
act on their own adjournments as to them shall seem most ex- 
pedient, and shall from time to time, as occasion may require, 
make and ordain I'easonable rules, ordinances and by-laws, 
with reasonable penalties, for the good government of the 
University, and the regulation of their own body, not repug- 
nant to the laws and Constitution of this State. 

''• Sec. 7. The said Board of Trustees shall, from time to 
time, as the interest of the institution may require, elect a 
President of said University, and such professors, tutors, in- 
structors and other officers of the same as they may judge nec- 
essary for the interests thereof, and shall determine the duties, 
salaries, emoluments, responsibilities, and tenures of their sev- 
eral offices, and designate the course of instru<'tion in said 
[Tniversity. 

"Sec. 8. The said Board of Trustees shall have full power 
to remove any one of their own body for misconduct, breach 
of the by-laws, or gross immorality, and may at any time they 
may deem it necessary for the good of the institution, remove 
any of the officers of said University or corporation, and ap- 
point others in their stead. 

"Sec. 9. The President, professors and tutors shall be styled 
the faculty of said University, which faculty shall have the 
power of enforcing the rules and regulations adopted by the 
said Trustees for the government of the students, by reward- 
ing or censuring them, and tinally by suspending such as, after 
the necessary admonition, shall continue refractory, until a de- 
termination of a quorum of Trustees can be had thereon ; and 
of granting or conferring by and with the consent and ap- 
probation of the Board of Trustees, such degrees in the liberal 
arts and sciences, including those of law and medicine, as are 
usually granted or conferred in other Universities in America, 
to the students of the University, or to others, who, by their 
proficiency in learning, or by other meritori(uis distinction, 
may be entitled to the same, and to grant unto such graduates 



24 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVEBSITT. 

diplomas or certificates, under their common seal, and signed 
by the Faculty to anthenticate and perpetuate the memory of 
such graduation. 

" Sec. 10. No President, professor or other officer of the Uni- 
versity shall, while acting in that capacity, be a Trustee, nor 
shall any President, professor, tutor, instructor, or other officer 
of the University, ever be required by the Trustees to profess 
any particular religious opinions, and no student shall be de- 
nied admission, or refused any of the privileges, honors or 
degrees of the University on account of the religious opinions 
he may entertain : nor shall any sectarian tenets or principles 
be taught, instructed or inculcated at said University, by any 
President, professor, tutor, or instructor thereof: Provided, 
hoivever. That if at any meeting of the Board of Trustees of 
the University, there should be one wanting to make a quorum, 
then, and in that case, the President of the Faculty of said 
University shall, for the time l)eing, be considered as a member 
of said Board, and have power to act as such, but so soon as a 
quorum of said Board shall be present, then the President 
shall no longer sit as a member of said Board. 

"Sec. 11. His Excellency, David Wallace, Governor of the 
State of Indiana (who shall be ex officio Vice President of the 
Board, and his successor in office forever), William Hendricks, 
of the county of Jeiferson ; Seth M. Leavenworth, of the 
(•ounty of Oawford ; David G. Mitchell, of the county of 
Harrison ; John M. Farrington, of the county of Vigo: John 
Law, of the county of Knox ; Rev. Allen Wile}', of the county 
of Montgomery ; Nathaniel West and Isaac Blackford, of the 
county of Marion, Jesse L. Holman, of the county of Dear- 
born ; Jonathan Nichols, Paris 0. Dunning, James Blair, Ches- 
ter G. Ballard, Joshua ( ). Howe, Leroy Mayfield, and William 
Turner, of the county of Monroe ; Robert Dale Owen, of the 
county (^f Posey; Richard W. Thom])son, of the county of 
Lawrence ; Samuel K. Hoshour. of the county of Wayne ; 
(Tcorge W. Ewing, of the county of Cass, and Hiram A. Hun- 
ter, of tlie county of Gibson, shall i)e iind are hereby appointed 
Trustees of said University, agreeal)ly to tlie provisions of this 
act, and sliall bold their first meeting as hereinbefore diivcted; 
and slioiild any ten of them (who shall at all times be neces- 
sary to constitute a (piorum for the transaction of business: 
Provided, honiever. That deficiency of one may be supplied in 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 25 

the manner heretofore prescribed in the tenth section of this 
act), fail to meet on the said last Monday of September next, 
the Governor of this State is hereby authorized and required 
to appoint some subsequent day for the meeting of said Trus- 
tees, giving to each of them twenty days' notice in writing, 
and said Trustees, or a quorum of them, when convened in 
pursuance of such notice, shall proceed to organize the Board 
in manner hereinbefore directed ; and the President of the 
University shall be empowered to call occasional meetings of 
the Trustees in such manner as the Board of Trustees may by 
their by-laws direct. 

" Sec. 12. That all moneys which have heretofore, or which 
may hereafter arise from the sales of the Seminary townships 
of land in the counties of Monroe and Gibson shall be and for- 
ever remain a permanent fund for the support of said Univer- 
sity ; and the interest arising from the amount of said sales, 
together with the amount of the sales of the three reserved 
sections in the Seminary township situated in the county of 
Monroe, the residue of the unsold sections aforesaid, and all 
the buildings which have been erected adjacent to the town of 
Bloomington, in the said county of Monroe, and which are 
now used by and belong to the Indiana College, together with 
all the estate, either real, personal or of any description what- 
ever, belonging to, or in any wise connected with, the Indiana 
College, as the property of the State, and all gifts, grants and 
donations which have been, or hereafter may be, made, previous 
to the taking effect of this act, for the support of the Indiana 
College, shall be and hereby are forever vested in the aforesaid 
Trustees, and their successors, to be controlled, regulated and • 
appropriated by them in such manner ag. they shall deem most 
conducive to the best interest and prosperity of the institution : 
Provided, That the said Trustees shall confoi'm to the will of any 
donor or donors in the application of any estate which may be 
given, devised or bequeathed for any particular object connected 
with the institution, and that the real estate hereby vested in 
the said Trustees, and their successors, shall be by them held 
forever for the use of said University, and shall not he sold or 
converted by them to any other use whatever. 

"Sec. 13. That it shall be the duty of the Secretai-y of said 
corporation to keep a full, true and faithful record of all the 
proceedings of said Board of Trustees, in a suitable book, to be 



26 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

procured by tlieiii foi" that puritosc, and make sueli copies and 
transcripts of the orders and proceedino's of the said Board of 
Trustees as niav from time to time l»e riMpiired, and tlie same 
duly certify, under the seal of tlie cor})oratioii : and for his 
services lie shall receive such compensation as said 'I'rustees 
may from time to time allow, to he paid out of any funds in the 
treasury of said cor])oration, not otherwise appropriatech 

"Sec. 14. That it sliall be the duty oY the Treasurer of said 
corpcu'ation to kee}» a full, true and perfect account of all 
moneys by him received \)\ virtue of his said otlice, in suitable 
books, to be for that pur]>ose provided, and pay such money 
out from time to time as uuiy l>e required by and upon the or- 
der of said Board of Trustees, duly certitied by the tSecretary, 
and keep a similar account of all such disbursements, and fur- 
nish said Board of Trustees, whenever they may r(,'([uire the 
same, a full, true and complete statement of such receipts and 
disbursements, and exhibit to them, for their inspection, his 
original hooks of entry, and also exhibit his books for inspec- 
tion and examination of the Board of Visitors of said ITniver- 
sity, which may, at any time hereafter, be ai^pointed hy the 
General Assembly of this State; and shall, moreover, annually 
transmit to the Governor of this State, by liim to he laid he- 
fore the General Assembly thereof, a true and complete state- 
ment of the annual receipts and expenditures of said corpora- 
tion ; and should said corporation ever be diss(dved, by 
legislative enactment, or otherwise, it shall, in such case, be 
the duty of said Treasurer to pay over and deliver to the 
Treasurer of State, for the use of this State, all moneys and 
and funds in his hands derived from the State belonging to said 
corporation at the time of su(di dissolution ; and should any 
Treasurer of said corporation at any time be guilty of any de- 
falcation in the discharge of the duties of his said office, the 
said Trustees shall have the right of an action therefor against 
said Treasurer and his sureties upon his official bond, in the name 
of the State of Indiana, for the use of said Trustees, and of 
prosecuting the same to final judgment and recovery, or in case 
of the dissolution of said corjtoratiou, such action shall he sus- 
tained for the use the State. 

"Sec. 15. That the j»ower and authority of the ])resent 
Ti'ustees of the Indiana (-ollege, over and concerning the said 
Institution, the funds, estate, property, rights and demands 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. '27 

thereof, shall forever cease and determiiie, from and after the 
organization of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Univer- 
sity, named in this act ; and all the funds, estate, i^roperty, rights, 
demands, privileges and immunities, of wliat kind or nature 
soever, belonging or in any wise pertaining to said Indiana 
College, shall be, and the same are hereby, invested in the 
Trustees of the Indiana University appointed by this act, and 
their successors in otHce, for the uses and purposes only of said 
University, and the said Trustees and their successors in office 
shall have, hold, possess, and exercise all the powers and au- 
thority over the said Institution and tlie estate and concci-ns 
thereof in the manner hereinbetV)re jtrescribed. 

"Sec. 16. That the Constitution of said University, lierein 
and hereby declared and estalilished, shall be subject to be 
chanjjed, altered or amended l)v the Legislature of the State. 
All laws or parts of laws coming within the jjurview of this 
act are hereby repealed. 

"This act to take effect and be in force from and aftei- its pas- 
sage." 

Apparently the operations of this law were un satisfactory, 
for b}' the "act to provide for the l)etter regulation of the In- 
diana University,"" ap])roved February 15, 1841 (J^aws 1841, j). 
110), the number of the Board of Trustees was reduced to nine, 
a m'ajority of whom was to form a (luorum. and Miles C. Eg- 
gleston of Jetferson, William T. S. Cornet of Hijiley, Kobert 
Dale Owen of Posey, Nathaniel West of Marion, John Law of 
Knox, David H. Maxwell of Monroe, Elisha M. Huntington of 
Vigo, Lot Bloomtield of Wayne and James Scott of (Mark, were 
named as sucli Trustees. They were empoAx-ered to till vacan- 
cies in the Boai'd, and to determine the times of holding their 
semi-annual- meetings after the tii'st, which was to commence 
on the 3d Monday of July in that year. No two of the Trus- 
tees were to be from the same county. 

The civil courts were deprived of jurisdiction to punish stu- 
dents for trivial breaches of the peace Avhich might be commit- 
ted within the college campus, and the students were exempted 
from militia duty and road taxes. 

Any Trustee failing to attend two consecutive regular meet- 
ings, without pi'eseuting satisfactory t'xcuse in writing, forfeited 
his seat as a mend)er of the Board, and the coni})ensation of the 



28 HISTORY OF IND[ANA UN1VER8ITY. 

Trustees was fixed at the same per diem and mileage as that 
allowed hy law to members of the General Assembly, to be 
|)aid out of the University funds. 

By an act, approved January 17, 1842 (Laws 1842, p. 143), 
eaeh county of the State was authorized to send to the Uni- 
versity one additional student free from payment of tuition 
fees. 

A "Joint Resolution," approved January 27, 1842 (Laws 
1842, p. 174), recites that— 

" Whereas, It is made the duty of the General Assembly of 
the State of Indiana, by the second section of the 9th article of 
the Constitution of the aforesaid State, so soon as circumstances 
will permit, to ])rovide by law for a general system of educa- 
tion, ascending in a regular gradation from township schools 
to a State University, wherein tuition shall l)e gratis and open 
t(^ all ; therefore, 

" Be It resolved by the (reneral A-i.'^embly of the State of Indiana, 
That the Trustees of the Indiana Universitj' be, and hereby are 
required, at the next regular meeting of said Board, to exam- 
ine into the resources of said University, and make full and 
complete report of the same to the next Legislature, together 
with the amount of salaries paid to professors, and all other 
expenses of said institution ; and also whether, in their opin- 
ion, the resources of said Univei'sity are sufficient to enable the 
Legislature to pass a law making tuition gratis, in compliance 
with the (Constitution of the State above referred to.'' 

In all ])ro1)ability the report made in compliance with this 
act showed that it was iinpossiljle, without further and addi- 
tional resources, for the Legislature never passed any law to 
carry out that provision of the Constitution, and when it was 
iinally done, it was by the act of the Trustees, and not of the 
Legislature. 

Li 1845 the Board of Trustees of the Vincennes University 
made claim to the title in the Gibson County Seminary lands, 
and to proceeds of the sales made by the State, which had been 
transferred to the Indiana University, and a suit was brought 
to test the question of title. There being no law by which the 
State could be sued, this suit was abandoned, and application 
made to the Legislature for leave to test the question by a civil ac- 
tion. In response to this demand, " an act to authorize the Trust- 
ees of the Vincennes University to bring suit against the State 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 29 

of Indiana, and for other purposes," was passed, and approved 
January 17, 1846. (Local laws 1846, p. 233.) It authorized 
the filing of a bill in chancery, in the nature of an action of 
disseizin in the Marion Circuit Court, giving that C/Ourt full 
.jurisdiction of the matter, and of the parties to the suit. ' 

The Governor, upon whom process was required to be served, 
was required to employ counsel to defend. It was further pro- 
vided that, if the suit was determined in favor of the Vincen- 
nes University, upon its Board of Trustees relinquishing to the 
State the lands sold, the State should set apart to its Board of 
Trustees the fund arising from the sales, and the bringing of 
the suit was to be deemed an election by said Board of Trustees 
to look to the State for compensation of their claim. Nothing 
in the act was to be construed to prevent the State from con- 
testing the corporate existence of the Trustees of the Yincen- 
nes University. 

The action was brought, and resulted in a decree by the 
Marion Circuit Court in favor of the complainants, and re- 
quiring the State to pay to them the sum of $30,099.66 as the 
proceeds of the sales of the land. 

In this suit Samuel Judah appeared as attorney for the 
claimants and 0. H. Smith and G. G. Dunn for the State and 
the interests of the University. 

From this deciee the State appealed to the Supreme Court of 
the State, which rendered its decision at the November term, 
1850, reversing the decree of the Court below, and holding 
that the act of the Territorial Legislatui'e of 1806, granting the 
lands to the Vincennes University M^as nugatory, because no 
such power was vested in it by the act of Congress, and that 
they were not then in existence as a corporation, having allowed 
their corporation to lapse (State v. Trustees, etc., 2 Tnd. Rep., 293). 

The Trustees of the Vincennes University, not satisfied with 
this decision, sued out a writ of error from the Supreme Court 
of the United States, whieli, at the December term, 1852, re- 
versed the decision of the Supreme Court of the State, holding 
that when the Territorial Legislature of 1806 incorporated a 
" Board of Trustees of the Viucennes University," the grant 
of a township in the Vincennes district by the Congress of 
1804, and which was located by the Secretary of the Treasury 
in 1806, attached to this Board, although for the two preced- 
ing years there had been no grantee in existence, and holding 



80 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVEKSITY. 

fiirtluT. tliat it' till' l)(>;inl of Tnistccs, l)v :i tailupc to fleet 
wlieii xaeaiicies occii rred, or t liroiiii'li aiiv otlier iiu'aiis heeaine 
reduced to a less iimiilter tliaii was authorized to act by the 
(diartcr. tlic coi-poration was not ther('l)y dissolved, hut its tVaii- 
idiises only siisjicnded until restored hy le^-islati\'e action. The 
Cliiel' Justice 'I'aney and dustices Cati'on and Daniel dissented 
from uuijority opinion of tiu' Court. (The l^ri(!<t('('s v. State, 14 
/foil-., f. S. h'(/>., lit!;')). Mr. dudah and Mr. hunliani appeared 
for the Trustees in this pi-oceediui^' and ( ). 11. Smith foi" the 
State. As a seipu-l to this litii>'ation. it uuiy he interesting to 
note that the Trusti'es of the \'incennes Tniversity afterwards 
Itrouii'ht suit aii'ainst Mr. dudah to com|>el him to hand over a 
hiro'e anu)unt of the honds of the State delixeri'd to him in 
payment of this claim umler the act approx'ed Fel)ruary 18, 
1855. lie answei'ed tluit they had, hy resolution duly entered 
u|.H)n their records, contracte(l to pay him one-fourth of what 
they should recover in the suit foi" their ser\'ices. and that he 
had retained $16,625, that heiuii- one-fourth of the sum |iai(l hy 
the Stati' in ii([uidation of the claini. The Trustees replied 
that at that date he was Secretary of the Board and falsely en- 
tered the rescdutiou upon their I'ecord. w hicdi was deuii'd \)\ 
him. The Judi>;ment of the Knox County Cii'cnit ('ourt was 
adverse to Mr. dudah, and lu' aj)peale(l to the Suprenu' ('ourt. 
whiidi, in the May term, iSdl, on errors ot' law occurriui;- upon 
tlu' trial, and not upon the uuu'its, rexcrsed the Judii'meut and 
remaiuled the cause tor ti'ial. (Jm/d/i v. 'D-usfrcs, <'t<■.,^^\ Iixt. ^^C)). 
AiL»"ain t he iudu'uu'ut was ad\erse to Mr. dudah, and he a sec- 
(uul tinu' a|>pealed to the Suj)reme Court. \\hi(di au'ain. at the 
Xo\'eud)er term, 1S64, re\'ersed the judi;Mueiit and ordered a new 
trial. (Jiidiihy. Tnistccs, etc.. 'l'^ hn/. '27-\). Tlu' suit ended in 
the retention of the fees hy the attorney. 

Keturniuii- to the Indiana rni\'ersity, we find an act a])[)i"oved 
• lanuary 27. 1<S47 (Laws 1S47, p. 42), ])rovi(lini>' that, when stu- 
dents a|ipoiuted tVoni counties failed to attt'ud any oik' session 
aftei" their api>ointment, their appointment hecaine vacated, and 
the county hoards were authorized to appoint otliers in their 
places. 

The act approved dune 17, 1852 (Kev. 1852, vol. 1, p. 504), 
enacted that "the institution established l)y an act to establish 
a college in the State of Indiana, approved January 28, 1828, 
is herebv recoii-ni/ed as the Universitv of the State." 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 31 



It provided tluit the inH'sciit Ti-iistces, tlircc of whom should 
reside in tlie oouiity ot" Moiii'oe, iiiid their successors, sliould be 
a body c()r]>()rate, witli simihir powers to tliose i>;i"aiited l)y foi'- 
iiier acts, to meet aiiiiiiall\" at Bh)(>min»i-t()ii, at U'ast three days 
preceding the annual commencement. Five were to constitute 
H quorum, an<b in case of an emeriJ:;ency (ku-hired by tlie Fac- 
idty, if tlie others faik'd to attend at a caHed meeting, the res- 
ident Trustees were empowered to till vacancies in the Board 
and Faculty, hut appointments so made expired at the next 
meeting of the Board. The (Trovenior, Lieutenant Grovernor, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Judges of the Su- 
preme C'Ourt and Superintendent of Common Schools were 
constituted a Board of Visitoi's, three to foi-m a (piorum, and 
those not ju'csent were to he rejtorted hy the Boai'd of Trustees 
in their annual repoi't. it was made the <luty of one of the 
Faculty, to be designated l»y a majority of the mend)ers thereof, 
to deliver a public lecture on the ju'inciples and organization 
of the University, its educational facilities (being careful not to 
disparage the claims of other institutions of learning in the 
State), in at least Hftt'en ditferenl counties, after (\ur notice; 
hut if the vacation was less than one month, then in three 
counties. 

The lecturers wei'c also to make geological examinations, 
;ind collect inineralogical specimens for the cabinet by volun- 
tary donations. Notice of the commencement of each session 
was to be published in a newspaper in t^ach of the cities of In- 
dianapolis, Louisville and New Orleans. 

A- normal dei)artnumt for instruction in the theory and ])rac- 
tice of teaching of such young persons, male and female, 
residents of the State, was authorized, as well as an agricult- 
ural department. In other respects the provisions of the act 
in reference to the government of the TTniversity were similar 
to those established by former laws. 

An act supplemental to and amendatory of the second sec- 
tion of the last mentioned act was approved March 3, 1855 
(Laws 1855, p. 201). It made some important changes. The 
Board of Trustees were to be eight in number, no two of whom 
were to be residents of the same county, excepting Monroe, 
from which two might be selected. The same i»owers were 
conferred upon them as u[K)n the foi-mer hoards, cxcc])t the 
right to fill vacancies, which was vested in the State l^)oard of 



32 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Education. Joseph S. Jenckes, of Vigo; Joel B. McFarland, 
of Tii»})ecaiioe ; George Evans, of Henry ; William M. French, 
of Clark ; Ransom W. Aiken and Johnson McCullough, of 
Monroe; James R. M. Bryant, of Warren, and John I. Morri- 
son, of Marion, were named as such Board, three of whom 
were to serve two years, two for three years, and three for four 
years, to be determined by lot at their iirst meeting, which was 
fixed for Monday, April 2, 1855. The Trustees, while actually 
employed in the service of the University, were to receive the 
same pay as members of the General Assembly, and all their 
prior contracts for rebuilding the main edifice were legalized. 

An act approved March 7, 1857 (Laws 1857, p. 130), pro- 
vided that scolarships founded upon subscriptions of individ- 
uals to the University fund might be transferred or sold by the 
holders for a valuable consideration. 

The act approved March 2, 1859 (Laws 1859, p. 239), among 
general enactments for the sale of lands and tjie loaning of the 
funds, provided tliat out of the first proceeds the Board of 
Trustees should be entitled to receive an amount equal to the 
interest belonging to the University, to be applied to the dis- 
charge of the debts gr<^wing out of the rebuilding of the Uni- 
versity, a]id to the purchase of a suitable library, philosophical 
apparatus, or proper furniture, in ])lace of those destroyed by 
the l)uniing of the University. 

(Jne of the members of the Board of Trustees, to be desig- 
nated by the Board, was required to attend the sale of lands to 
prevent combinations injurious to the University, and was em- 
powered to withdraw tlie lands, or a part of them, from sale 
whenever he should deem it for the interest of the institution 
so to do, but no member of the Board was to become the pur- 
chaser, either directly or indirectly of any University lands. 

The act approved May 11, 1861 (Laws 1861, p. 88), author- 
ized the Trustees to appropriate one thousand dollars out of 
the proceeds of the sales of University lands for the purpose of 
enlarging the cabinet, and appointed Professor T. A. Wylie, or 
such person as the Trustees might designate, to take charge of 
the appropriations and expend it in the purchase of specimens. 

The State Geologist was created a member of the faculty, 
and directed in his rcconnoissances to collect duplicate speci- 
mens of mineralogy and geology, and to deposit one set in the 
University cabinet ; and the State Librarian was directed to 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 88 

transfer from the State Library to the library of the University 
a complete set of the journals of both houses, a copy of all 
laws enacted since the organization of the State, of all reports 
from the departments of the State, and of those received from 
the other States and the General Government, and of all other 
books where there were duplicates in the library, provided they 
could be spared, and tlie transfer be made without expense to 
the State. 

In the same year, by the act approved May 31, 1861 (Laws 
1861, p. 89), it was enacted that the contingent fee on the per- 
petual scholarships should be not more than one dollar each 
session ; and the Trustees were authorized, whenever they 
should deem it for the best interest of the University, to pur- 
chase such scholarships at not more than 90 cents on the dollar, 
by giving notice in a Bloomington paper that they were ready 
to purchase, after which notice no person could claim any rights 
under such certificates, except to sell them. 

An advance step was taken by the Legislature, in the act ap- 
proved Marcb 8, 1867 (Laws 1867, p. 20). The preamble of the 
act is as follows : " Whe)-eas, The endowment fund of the Uni- 
versity, located at Bloomington, Monroe County, is no longer 
suflficient to nu^et the ffrowino; wants of education, and make 
said University efficient and useful ; and, whereas, it should be 
the pride of every citizen of Indiana to place the State Uni- 
versity in the highest condition of usefulness, and make it the 
crowning glory of our present great common scliool system, 
where education shall be free, therefore,'* there was appro- 
priated the sum of eight thousand dollars annually out of the 
State Treasury, to be paid semi-annually, commencing on the 
81st day of March, 1867. 

This appropriation seems to have been insufficient, for, by 
the act approved December 14, 1872 (Laws Spec. Sess. 1872, p. 
4), it was recited that the incomes of the University were in- 
sufficient to meet current expenses, that the Board of Trustees, 
in order to keep the several departments in operation, had been 
compelled to borrow a large amount of money, to-wit : |8,000. 
Therefore, an appropriation of that amount was made, in ordei' 
to pay and discharge the del)ts so incurred. 

The general appropriation act of March 10, 1873 (Laws 1873, 
p. 8), appropriated the sum of $12,000 for the year commencing 
April 1, 1874, but the same Legislature, by the act of February 



34 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

U», 1878, after declariiiii: that the income of the endowment 
fund, together with the amount appropriated by the act of 
1867 had ''become wholly iiuide(|uate to meet the growing 
wants of i)ublic education, and is not sufficient to enal)le said 
l^niversity riglitlv to provide for the education of all who are 
seeking instruction witliin her walls, and to accomplish her 
true mission as the head of our present great system of com- 
mon ^choo\i^, toheir educatiov shall be free to all,'" made an- ap- 
propriation of $15,000, to be paid semi-annually thereafter from 
the 80th of Scptend)er, 1878. 

The general appropriation act of 1877 (Laws 1877, p. 8), gave 
$14,000 to the University, but exacted that ont of that amount 
should he }»aid tlie debts due on the Owen Cabinet, the salaries 
of the President at the rate of $2,500, and of the professors 
$1,500 each, per aninint. and all exytenses allowed to the Board 
of Trustees. 

The annual appropriations thereafter were monotonously 
alike, and are passed over as unimportant. 

The next great advance in LTniversity legislation, and the 
provision most likely to insure the fnltillment of the ideas of 
its founders, was through the '' act to provide a fund for the 
permanent endowment of Indiana University, and for the en- 
dowment of tlu' same." ap]»r(n'ed March 8, 1888 (Laws 1883, 
p. 82). Its importance will justify its insertion as a whole, 
rather than to attem})t to state its sul)stance : 

"Section 1. Be if cvncted by the General Assembh/ of the State 
of IikHiiiki. That there shall be assessed and collected, as State 
revenues are assessed and collected, in the year of eighteen 
hundred and eighty-three, and in each of the succeeding twelve 
years, the sum of one-half of one cent on each one-hundred 
dollars" worth of taxal)le pro])erty in this State: which money 
when collected and paid into the State Treasury, in each of the 
years named in this a«'t. shall he placed to the credit of a fund 
to be known as the l\'rmanent Endowment fund of the Indi- 
ana University. 

" Skc. 2. That whenewr. aftei- the tirst day of May. eighteen 
hundred and eighty-four, there sjuiil have been ])aid into the 
State Treasury a sum of said Permanent Endowment Fund 
sufficient to pay otf any of the interest-bearing indebtedness of 
the State, it shall he the duty of the Treasurer of State to pay 
otf and cancel such indebtedness, and it shall be the duty of 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 35 

said Treasurer of State to continue to |»a_v <»ti" and cancel said 
interest-l)earing" indebtedness which winy he due, oi" which, ])y 
the terms of tlie contract creating such indebtedness, may be 
paid off, whenevei- there is a sufficient sum of said I^ernuineiit 
Endowment Fund in the State Ti'easui'v to pay off tlie same 
out of said Permanent Endowment FuncL 

"Sec. 3. It shall he the duty of tlie Treasurer of State, im- 
mediately after paying off' any of tlie interest-bearing indebt- 
edness of the State, as provided foi' in section two of this act, 
to make and issue to the Trustees of said I'niversity, and to 
their successors in office, a non-negotiable bond of the State, 
in an amount equal to the sum drawn from the said Permanent 
Endowment Fund and used in said payment. Said non-nego- 
tiable bond shall be signed by the (Tovernoi- and Treasurer of 
State, and attested by the Secretary of State and the seal of 
the State, and l>e made payable in fifty years after date, at the 
option of the State, and said bond shall bear five per cent, in- 
terest from date until i»aid; which interest shall be ]»aid semi- 
annually, on the first days of May and Noveml)er of each year, 
and the same shall l)e applied to tlie current and extraordinary 
expenses of said University and he j^aid to the Trustees thereof, 
under the same rules and regulations as is now recpiired by law 
in the payment of revenues of said University. The non-nego- 
tiable bonds provided for in this act shall remain in the custody 
of the Treasurer of State. 

"Sec. 4. That so much of said Permiuient Endowment Fund 
as shall not at any time l)e absorbed by the non-negotiable 
bonds of the State, as contemplated in this act, shall be loaned 
by the Auditor of State at six pei' centum interest, payable 
annually in advance, in real estate security; and in nuiking 
loans and disbursing interest collected the Treasurer of State 
and the Auditor of State shall be governed by the law now in 
force, regulating the manner of making loans of the University 
funds and paying out interest collected, except as otherwise 
provided in this act. 

'' Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State to 
make a complete record of every mortgage and note executed 
on account of any loan from said permanent endowment fund 
in a book, to be kept in his office for that purpose; and on 
payment of any loan to said fund, said Auditor shall enter a 
record of satisfaction in full on the margin of the record of the 
mortgage in his office, and sign the same with his name ; and 



36 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

he shall also, in like manner, enter satisfaction in full on the 
face of the mortgage, which mortgage, when presented hy the 
mortgager, or any person holding title under him, to the Re- 
corder of the county wherein the land mortgaged is situated, 
shall authorize the Recorder of said county to copy such entry 
on the record of his office. 

" Sec. 6. If at any time heivafter the State shall need the 
loan of any part, or of all, of said permanent endowment fund, 
the State shall be a preferred borrower of so much of the fund 
as shall not be loaned at the time; but it shall be the duty of 
the Treasurer of State to cause to be executed, as an evidence 
of any such loan, a non-negotiable bond of the State for the 
amount so borrowed, in like manner as is provided in section 
thi'ee of this act : Provided, If at any time hereafter the said 
Indiana University shall be consolidated with any other educa- 
tional institution or institutions of the State, or shall be re- 
moved from its present location for any cause whatever, the 
fund i-aised under the provisions of this, act shall be held and 
used for the benefit of such institution as consolidated or 
changed, nothwithstanding such change or consolidation when- 
ever so removed or consolidated: Provided, further. That aftei- 
said date no further ap])ro])riation shall be innde to said Uni- 
versity. 

"Sec. 7. Whereas an emergency exists for the immediate 
taking effect of this act, it sliall be in foree from and after its 
passage." 

The general ai)[»ropriation act of 1885 (Laws 1885, p. 47-189) 
gave the sum of $28,000, for the expenses of the current year, 
to the University, and the act approved March 6, 1885 (Laws 
1885, p. 65) appropriated the further sum of $30,000, with which 
to build an engine house, to build fences and improve the col- 
lege grounds, to supply the necessary piping and apparatus for 
lighting and heating the buildings, to replace the library and 
museum, and to supply the chemical, philosophical and natural 
science departments with the apparatus, fixtures and appliances 
therein needed. The law declared this necessary by reason of 
the total destruction of one of the buildings, with its contents, 
in .Inly, 1888, to replace which the county of Monroe had, with 
great liberality, contributed the sum of fifty thousand dollars, 
with which sum the Board of Trustees had purchased a new 
site for the college campus, and erected two new buildings 
thereon for the use of the University. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 37 

The progress of legislation for the Indiana University has 
thns l)een traced through a century of wonderful growth in 
science, arts, puhlic improvements and general wealth, in what 
\\as at the beginning a wiklerness far from tlie refinements of 
civilization. 

AVhen the idea of establishing seminaries and colleges in the 
Xorthwest Territory was l)roached the savage red man claimed 
title to its soil, Spain and Great Britain claimed it by the right 
of discover}^, the sjtai-se settlements were exposed to all the 
teiTors of Indian warfare, and the pioneer settler and his family 
lived in daily dread of the tomahawk and the scaljung knife. 
The tides of war, both with the savage and with Great Britain, 
were for majiv years to ebl) and flow over and hold in their 
vortex these exposed tVontier settlements, and a decade was to 
elapse before Mad Anthony AVayne should l)reak the backbone 
of savage supremacy by his skillful and dashing campaign sub- 
seiiuent to the defeat of llarnier and St. Glair; and a full 
([uarter of a century was to l)e tilled with lu-eathiugs of war, 
pillage and slaughter, ere the founders of western empires were 
to find peace. 

Beasts as savage as the Indian roamed throughout the dense 
forests and over the great })raij'ies, adding to the terrors which 
sun'ounded the families which founded our iui'ant State. Tlie 
stately buifalo, the graceful elk and deer, fu i-uishcd them with 
meat, and skins for clothing. 

Ere the savage and the wild beast had disai)peared before the 
footsteps of advancing civilization, log school houses, semina- 
ries, colleo'es and universities were founded, and moccasined 
youth, in buckskin breeches or homespun gai'ments, were 
among those seeking to sij) from the fountain of learning. 

How changed the times ! 

liow, the Indiana University stands among the leading insti- 
tutions of learning which grace our fair land, in the midst of 
a dense population, close to the center of American empire, and 
challenges the admiration of the State whose fostering care has 
for a century been over her. 

How much she has contributed to the ra[)id develo})ment of 
the State in virtue, education, wealth and power, who can tell? 

Let the close of the next centurv of its existence answer. 



4— History, 



n 



THE IXDIAXA .SE:MIXARY 



BY .IL'U(JE DAVID D. BAXTA. 



Oil the iiiiK'tc'CMitli (Uiv of Api'il, one thousaiul eight liundred 
and sixteen, tlie ('ongi'ess of the United Stateis passed an aet to 
enahle the i)eo[tle of the Indiana tei'i'itorv to form a C'onstitn- 
tion and State Government, and to he admitted into the Union 
on an ecpial footing witli tiie original States. Certain projio- 
sitions were oiiered to the Convention of the territory when it 
met to fi'ame a constitution "for their free aeeejttanee or rejee- 
tion," one of which was that an entire townsiii,j> ''shal! he des- 
ignated by the J?i-esident of the United States * ■^'' for the 
use of a seminary of learning, and l)e vested in the Legishitnre 
of said State, to he a]i])ro])riated sohdy to the use of such sem- 
imiry." 

This act lies at the very foundation of the history of the 
Indiana University. It came as a free-will offering, and it is 
gi'atifying to know that it was ai-cepted in a spirit as hroad 
and liheral as that in wliicli it was offered. The Convention to 
frame a (\)nstitution for tlie new State met at Cory(h)n on the 
loth of dune of the same yi'ar. and hy the -5(>th of the month 
the work was (h)ne. 

A liheral s|)irit animated the iucmhers of the Convention in 
favor of popular education. With the declaration that " kno^vl- 
edge and learning generally diffused througli a commnnity" is 
•'esst-ntial to tlie preservation of free government," they im- 
l)()sed iijion all fnture general assemhlies of the State the duty 
of prox'iding hy law for a ''general system of education, as- 
cendiuij' in a regular gradation from township schools to a State 
university, wherein tuiticm shall he gratis, and equally open 
to all." 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 89 

On the SOtli of tlie month the Convention adjourned, its hist 
act being- a formal acceptance of the propositions made bv 
Congress. Ehn'en days tliereafter James Madison, the Presi- 
(h'nt, designated Congressional township number eight north, 
range number one west, in the '' Yincennes District," which 
townshi}) two years after, in the organization of Monroe county, 
became a [lart tliereof. 

At the time of tlie admission the }i()})nhition of Indiana did 
not, it is l)e]ieved, exceed seventy tliousand.* The settled parts 
were confined to a narrow fringe of territory extending down 
tbe Ohio State line from. Wayne County to the (^liio Tviver and 
thence down that to tbe month of the Wabash, and thence up 
that to Yincennes. Less than a fourth part of the State was 
unsui'veycd, and to nearly oi' (piite all the unsurveyed [tarts the 
Indians still claimed title. From the Seminary Township to 
the nearest point on the southern Indian l)oundarv line was bnt 
litle over four miles. 

'I'he four years succeeding the adm-ission of the State were 
marked by a great growth in population. The census of 1820 
gave as tlie nnndier 147,178, an increase of a fraction less than 
twenty-thousand per yeai'. The new emigrants finding the more 
desirable lands of the older counties taken u|i, pressed out upon 
the Indian bordei' in search of new homes. In the acts of the 
Oeneral Assembly creating new counties, we may re-ad something 
of the story of tbe State's growth. In 1818 nine new ones were 
organized, a inuubei- never exceeded in one yeai' in tbe history 
of the State, and iie\'e!' but once e([ualed. 

The cen.tral regions of fhe State were in possession of the 
Delawai-e Iiulians, whose l)ra\'es were renowned as liunters and 
trappers, and \\dio were loth to surrender a country celebrated 
tor its game and fur-beai-ing animals as was theii's, to take 
their chances they knew not where. But at length, admon- 
ished l)v tbe inci-easing numbers of pioneer settlers crowding 
upon their borders, they consented, in 1818, to cede their lands 
to the United States, reserving, however, the possession till 
1820, at which time the last of the tribe were removed to theii' 
new home west of tbe Mississippi. As the red men went out 
at one door, the white moved in at the other, and at the close 
of tlie year 1820, there was no ])art of the Xew Purchase, after- 
wards org-anized into a county, in which the smoke from at 
least one adventurous pioneer's cabin did not ascend. 

*By a census taken in 1875 the number of free white inhabitants was found to be 63,897. 



40 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

In 1815 the first white man, a "jovial tiddler" as well as 
fearless hunter, founded a home within the present limits of 
Monroe County, and in the year following the first caltins were 
l)uilt on the jtresent site of Bloomins^ton. Early in 1818 Mon- 
I'oe County was organized, and in April of the same year 
Blooming'ton was stake<l out adjoining the Seminary township 
on the north. 

For an inland town of that day, I>h>omington grew rapidly 
froiii the first, a eii'eunistanee lai'gely due to the nearness of the 
SiMuiuary township. At the elose of its first year it contained 
140 iuhaliitants, living in thirty hastily construeted log cabins. 
In the following year its jtojuilation was doul)led. By 1820 the 
public s(|uai-e was cleared of the last of its native forest trees; 
tile first log court house was outgrown, and CV)1. John Ketcham 
was at work on a hrick edifice, which still stands in the [)uhlic 
s(puii"e, an ciuluring monument to honest workmanship. 

The Constitution inhibited the General Assembly of the State 
fi'om providing for the sale of any lands set aside for ednca- 
tional pur})oses for four years next after the organization of 
the State government. The Assend»ly which was to meet in 
l)ecend)er, 1820, in Corydon, was the first having the })owei' to 
take another step toward the establishment of such a school of 
learning as the Congress of 181(5 had in miiul. 

There is evidence of the fact that many of the educated men of 
the new State looked forward with interest to the time when leg- 
islatixe action c()uld be had. Tlie pioneer scttlei's of Indiana 
^\■cl■e j)oor men, and it was with the utmost difficulty that most 
of tliem were enabled to clear and make farms, and at the same 
time maintain themselves ami families. In those days the num- 
ber of children in most families within the school ages was 
large, and ue\e.r iif the history of the State has there been a time 
when thci'c was such a })ressing need for common schools, and 
ne\er was thi-i'c^ less ability to maintain them. The po\'erty of 
the people l\)rbade an expenditui'e for school purj)oscs in 
any nnmner commensurate with the wants of the times, nor 
were there any public funds to supplement their efforts; and 
worse than all, there were but few teatdiers in tlie new State 
whose moral and educational (pndifications fitted them to be- 
come instructoi's of its youth. Founding a school on the plan 
of the college by the State would not add to the pecuniary 
ability of the people to maintain their "township schools," 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 41 

but would not such a school become a center of learning whence 
the young men of the State, fnlly equipped for the work, would 
go forth to take their places in the school-houses of the land? 
And would not the State the more surely, in after years, reap 
the reward coming through the inlineiice of scholarly men in 
the walks of professional life? So reasoned the friends of 
higher education in Indiana in 1820. 

The men of Bloomington, it nmy well be surmised, were ripe 
for legislative actioji as soon as it could be had. !N^ot a few ot 
them had been drawn to the new town by the reserved town- 
sliip, and it is not strange that they met late in the fall of 1819 
and selected one of their number to represent them at the ses- 
sion of the Legislature, which was to meet early in the follow- 
ing December, to press upon tlie attention of the members the 
necessity of legislation in that behalf. Dr. David H. Maxwell 
was chosen for that service, and they could not have chosen a 
l)etter man. As a delegate fi'om Jetferson County he sat in 
the convention of 181(3, and had therefore some legislative ex- 
perience. ITe had a talent for politics, whence came an exten- 
sive accpiaintance with the i»ul)lic men of the State. lie was 
])lausibh', conciliatory, level-headed, and a good judge of human 
nature. That rare accomplishment of seeming to follow, while 
actually leading, he possessed \u a high degree; and, above all, 
he was through and through a friend to higher education. This 
was the lirst service he was called upon to render an institu- 
tion to the furthering of whose interests, he was ever after de- 
voted. For thirty years, of all men outside the circle of those 
eno-ao-ed as teachers, he o-ave the most of his time in its service 

^ ~ 

and to better purpose. It is not too much to say that during 
all that time the institution as Seminary, C\)llege and Univer- 
sity (for he was with it from the ince[»tion of the first until it 
had })assed into the last), was the center of his best thoughts, 
the object of his highest aims. Dr. ■Maxwell was an ambitious 
nnin; ambitious for place and power in the political world, but 
he seemed to have subordinated his highest ambitions to the 
welfare of his chei'ished institution. Is not such devotion 
worthy of remembrance? Is there not something worthy of 
high commendation in all this? I doulit if in all his work for 
Seminary, College and LTniversity he ever thought of self. His 
efforts were unselfishl}^ directed. Let history do justice to his 



42 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



name. So nnreniitting was he in his hibors and to such good 
pnr})ose were thev directed thatit can be said of him, as of no 
other, he was tlie father of tlie Indiana rniversity.''- 

Notwithstanding the legislative mind was favorable to the 
organization of a State school, there was wide difference of opin- 
ion when it came to the details of the plan, and to snch an ex- 
tent was this carried that when the l)ill went to the Senate it 
was saved liy the casting vote of the Lieutenant Governor, 
Ratlitf Boon. On the 20th of January, 1820, by the signature 
of Jonathan Jennings, the first Governo]- of tlie State, it he- 
came a law, and the State Seminary fur the State of In- 
diana was duly chartered. Six citizens of the State, Charles 
Dewey, Jonathan Lindley, David II. Maxwell, John Al. Jenkins, 
Jonathan Nichols and William LoAve, were named as Trustees, 
and empowered to select a site for a Seminary, to provide for 
the sale of not exceeding (540 acres of the reserved land, and as 
soon as they thought it expedient to erect a '' suitable buildino- 
for a State Seminary, an,d also :i suitable ami commodious 
house for a pi'ofessor." 

On the first Monday in June four of the six Trustees met in 
Bloomington,in obedience to the law foi- the [)urpose of select- 
ing a site for the Seminary, but on account of the absence of 
Dewey and Lindley, they adjoui-ned over to a dav in July, 
which the record does not name. On that unnamed day five 
members met and jti-oeeeded to choose a Seminarv site "about 
a (juarter of a mile due south from l^loomington, on a beauti- 
ful eminence, and convenien.t to an excellent s})ring of water, 
the only one on the section selected that could with conven- 
ience answer the jiurposesof a Seminai'v." 

Over twenty months i)assed away before the work of building 
was actu.ally begun. Everytliing Avas in the giecn, :nid while a 
round-log cabin, oi- even a hcAved-log one, could be run uji in a 
marvelously short time by the [)ioneers of 1820, the erection of" 
a brick Seminary, or even a brick house for a professor,- thev 
found to be quite another thing. The two buildings Avere be- 
gun, however, and ultimately conii)le[e(l. The i)r()fessor"s house 
was ei-ected in the southwest corner of the campus, at a cost 
of S8!>1. The Seminary edifice, HO feet long and 81 Avide, stood 
on the high ground, well in towai-d the center of the campus. 
It Avas tAvo stories in height, and Avhen ucav Avas considered 

•See a luller notice of Dr. Maxwell preceding the lift of Trustees. 



i 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 43 



(luitc a pretentious building. It fronted to the east, had a 
elia[)el and two reeitation rooms l)el()\v, and an e([ual number 
of rooms above. It eost $2,400, and must luive been substan- 
tially built, for it stood for nearly half a century, being used the 
greater part of the time for the preparatory school, and being 
endeared to the memory of thousands of students wlio pursued 
their grammar studies therein. In 18 — it was pulled down to 
nnike room for a more pi'etentions edilice. 

By the fall of 1823 the seminary was so near conii>letion that 
it was thought advisable to elect a }>rofessor and take such 
other steps looking to the beginning of educational work as 
should be deemed pro])i'r. Accordingly, on the 20th of No- 
vember, the Rev. Baynard R. Hall, a native of I'enn.sylvania, 
but for nearly or (piite a year living vvitli friends on White 
river. m)t far from (Tosj»ort, was chosen at a fr^alary of two liun- 
dred and fifty dollars per year. Two terms a year were pro- 
vided for of live months eaidi, and the tuition fees were iixed 
at five (h)l!ars per term, but at the end of a year vrere raised 
to ten. 

The choice could hardly have fallen upon a worthier man. 
His academic eiUication he had received at Union College and 
his theological at Princeton. He was an excellent classical 
schohir and a persuasive and sometimes ekxpient [U'eacher. 
As a teacher he was enthusiastic, faithful and painstaking. 
Into the frontier life of the White River settlement, in which 
his lot was cast for a time after he tirst came to the State, he 
entered with a zeal that soon brought him to know all its pe- 
culiarities, a knowledge that stood him many a good turn while 
at the head of the State seminary. He became a skilled marks- 
man with the ritie, he leai'iicd the art of rolling logs, he took 
lessons in manners practiced at wood-chopping and (piilting 
frolics, he was an interested looker-on at pioneer camp- 
meetings, he clei'ked in a t-ountry store, gi'ound bark in a tan- 
nery, preached some, and was, he himself says, '•'the very tirst 
man since the creation of the world that read Greek in the new 
j)urchase.'" 

On tlie first of May, 1824, the semimii'v doors were opened 
for the reception of students, and ten boys were admitted. 
These, tlie tirst to drink at the fountain of learning opened by 
the l)ounty of the State, were Findlay Dodds, James F. Dodds, 
Aaron Furu;:ason, Hamilton Stockwell, John Todd, Michael 



44 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Iluininer, Samuel C Dunn, Jauies W, Dunn, James A. Max- 
well and Jose[)h A. AVriglit. All these lived to nmnhood and 
rendered efficient service to society, one as a tanner, one as a 
uierchant, three as i)hysicians, two as ministers of the gospel 
and three as lawyers, and the lattei-, Jose])!! A. Wright, attain- 
ing to the honorable position of GoN'ernor of Indiana, and suh- 
se(|uently to that serving his t-ountry in a diplomatic position 
in a foreign land. 

To the readei" of to-day the attiMidance at the beginning must 
seem small, and so of the attendance ail through the seminary 
period. The first year the highest numl)er was tliirteeu ; the 
second, fifteen, and the third, twenty-one. This was indeed a- 
slow growth, but we need not go fai" to find the cause. AVliile 
the po])ulati()ii of the State had increased rajiidly, having 
mounted up to a iialf million in 1<S25, and was still going up- 
ward, the condition of the indi\idiial was but little if any better 
than it had ever been before. The great war with the trees 
was at its fiercest, and every man or boy able to swing an ax or 
"pick trash" was listed as a soldier. The old English rnk-, 
"All summer in the field and all winter in the study,"" univer- 
sall}' })revailed as far as the .summer was concerned. A part only 
of the wintei' was given to study in the h)g school lionses of 
the State. Thei'c were fe^\■ parents of that day al)le to gi\-e 
their sons opportunity for ac(piii'ing a better education than 
could l)e had in tlie district schools. 

Foi- three years Baynard li. Hall was the sole teacher in 
charge of the State Seminaiw, dui'ing all of which time Greek 
and Latin were tlie oidy branches taught. Dui'ing the second 
year the !>oai'd of "^rrustees made an oi'der reijuiring "English 
Gramnuir, Logic, lihetoric. Geography, Mtn-al and Xatural [Phi- 
losophy and Euclid's Elements of (Teometry '■ to l)e taught; but 
\\e ha\-c the authority of the President of the Board, Dr. DaA'id 
11. Maxwell, in a report iiuule to the (lenei-al Assend)ly, for say- 
ing that "during the first three years the (ii-eek and Latin 
languages alone ^\■ere tau^'ht."" Those were the days when ev- 
erything was sul)ordinated to the study of tlu' elassies. Every 
])ei*son nudving any pretence to learning could on oci-asion 
(juote Latin. Most literary efforts abounded in classical allu- 
sions. The statesmen of the period interlarded their Gongres- 
sioual speeches with (piotations from the Jjatin authors, and so 
did the Governors of Indiana, in their annual messages to the 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 45 



k'o;islators of tlu' State. Tlu' law hooks of tlie time are copi- 
ous in Latin, and editors of newspapers even did not disdain 
now and then to instruct their readers by a sentence from a dead 
hmguage woven into their more stately editorials. Baynard R. 
Hall was a classicist. He made no pretence to scholarship in 
any other line. During the sennnary period, the year is not 
known, the students, with the aid of their professor, organized 
a literary society, for whicli he compounded a name, the Heno- 
ilcIplu'sfen'aiK He prescribed certain rules for its government, 
one of which was that every person on becoming a member 
must drop his every day name and choose a Greek or Koman 
cognomen, by which he was ever after to be known while 
within the Henodelphisterian hall. Accordingly, every mem- 
])er of the society was an Ajax, a Pericles, a Timoleon, and so on. 

As the end of the tliird year ai)proaclied, it became evident 
that additional teaching force must be brought in. The older 
boys were wanting something else l)esides Greek and Latin, 
and moreover the twenty-one students of the third year prom- 
ised to be thirty or forty the fourth, and so it was determined 
to elect an additional professor, one who could teach the Math- 
ematics, pure and applied, and such of the natural sciences as 
in that day were deemed of sufficient importance to engage the 
attention of aspiring youth. Accordingly, on the 10th of May, 
1827, John M. Harney, a recent graduate from the Miami Uni- 
versity, was elected to the new professorship at a salary of two 
hundred and fifty dollars per year, and at once entered upon 
his duties. 

The wdsdom of the act was soon made manifest. The Sem- 
inary not only held its old students, but gained others. Dur- 
ing the spring and summer term the number in attendance was 
twenty-six, but on the opening of the fall term " about forty 
students were present," and the number increased at such a 
rate that Dr. Maxwell was enabled to write in January, " there 
is a probability there will be fifty or sixty students in attend- 
ance before the close of the year." 

The curriculum of studies in the Indiana Seminary was little, 
if any, less extensive, than in any of the western colleges of the 
day. Hall was a skillful teacher of the languages, while Har- 
ney had a genius for Mathematics. ISTo records remain of 
classes; no records even of the names of students in attend- 



46 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

ance, l)iit tlic fvw old men vot living who were stiideiUs during 
Seminary times, all speak in glowing terms of the activity of 
the professors and the application of the students. 

Early in the month of JSTovember, 1827, a Board of live vis- 
itors, of whom James B. Ray, the Governor of the State, was 
one, and James Scott, a Judge of the Supi'euie Court, was an- 
other, met in Bloomington. This Board had }>ower to person- 
ally inspect the " studies and progress " of each student, and 
the work seems to have been thoroughly done. " Every scholar 
was critically examined in the different branches of education 
in Avhich he had been engaged," and while the report does not 
in so many words say it, yet it is apparent that the professors 
were as "critically examined" as were the students, but in a 
d liferent way. But professors, as well as students, stood the 
test. " The manner in which both teachers and scholars ac- 
quitted themselves " won their highest praise. ' " There was Init 
one opinion among the visitors — that more ability to teach was 
exhibited b}- the professors and apparent proficiency by the 
scholars than ever before witnessed on a similar occasion." 
AVhat more couhl have been said? 

This Board examined into other things l)esides the ability ot 
the professors to teach and the proficienc}' of students, one of 
which was the salaries paid to the professors, and they wisely 
came to the conclusion that a salary of two hundred and fifty 
dollars per year was not enough, and so they said to the Boai-d 
of Trustees, Avhich v.as in session at the same time, whcrcu])on 
that Board raised the salary of each to four hundred dollars. 

The Board of Visitors, through their President, Judge Scott, 
made their re[)ort to the next General Assembly, which met in 
the following December, Governor Ray made his report in his 
annual message, and Dr. Maxwell, the Pi'esident of the Board 
of Trustees, and member of the House of Representatives, 
made his report, and all the reports concurred in i-ecommend- 
ing that the Indiana Semimuw be raised to the dignity of a 
college. 

Early in the session a bill was introduced having that end 
in view, wliich was finally passed and signed by the Governor; 
aiui thus, by legislative enactment, on the 24th day of January, 
1827, seven years and four days after the Indiana State Sem- 
inary had been chartered, it was mero'cd into Indiana Collesre. 



HISTORY OF THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT 
OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



INDIANA COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY UNDER DR. ANDREW WYLIE S 
ADMINISTRATION. 

Indiana College was, as already stated, established b}' an act 
of the Legislature, passed January 24, 1828. .It was enacted by 
the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, "That there 
shall be, and hereby is, created and established a college adja- 
cent to the town of Blooniington, in the connty of Monroe, for 
the education of youth in the American* learned and foreign 
languages, the useful arts and sciences, and literature, to be 
known by the name and style of the Indiana College, and to 
be governed and regulated as hereinafter directed." To carry 
into effect tliis ordinance, a Board of Trustees and a Board of 
Visitors were appointed. Among tlie iirst acts of this Board, 
at its meeting in Blooniington, May, 1828, was the election of 
a President and two professoi'S for the college. Andrew Wylie, 
1). 13., Pi'esident of Washington (College, Pa., was chosen Pres- 
i<lent. 

It was at the beginning of the college year, October, 1829, 
liaving the year before visited Blooniington, that Dr. Wylie 
entered upon his duties, and the State Seminary became Indiana 
College. Dr. Wylie was also Professor of Moral and Mental 
Philosophy, Political Economy and Polite Literature. At the 
same time the Rev. Baynard P. Hall, the Principal of the Sem- 
inary, w^as elected Professor of the Ancient Language, and John 
H. Harney, teaclier in the Seminary, Professor of Mathematics 
and Natural and Mechanical Philosophy and Chemistry, and 
Mr. W. H. Stockwell ap})ointed Superintendent of the Prepar- 

"In the early days the bitterness of feeling with regard to everything English had not 
altogether subsided, hence the term "American" in tliis connection. 



48 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

atory Departinoiit. Soon after the organization of the college 
another larger and more convenient hnilding was contracted 
for. but it was not completed till 1838. 

In the first catalogue of the Institution, puhlished in 1881, 
there is given, in addition to the list of students, the course of 
studies ami something witli i-egard to its management and dis- 
I'ipline. "■ The studies ai'c so condiu-ted that each student gives 
liis undi\'ided attention to (»ne pr]nci])al study till it is com- 
pleted. This method was adopted hy the President under the 
full conviction, founded on twenty years' experience, that it 
possesses many and decided advantages over that which is pur- 
sued in most colleges, of blending together a variety of studies. 
During the whole course, however, special attention is given to 
Rhetorical Reading, Composition, Elocuti(Ui and English (Tram- 
uiar, and the exercises in these become the more frecpient as the 
student advances." This system was, no doubt, well adapted to 
minds like the President's, who had, in jdirenologicid language, 
a o-reat ore-an of concentrativeness, l)ut not t(^ the averas-e minds 
of students, nor to the condition of things as they then existed. 
It was })artially changed in 1840. 

Tn these early times the students were re(juircd to assend>le 
QX^ry nioi-ning for ]»rayers, shoi'tl}' after daylu'eak, and to re- 
ceive such intimations concerning their duty as the l*resident 
uiiglit deem necessary. "• The strictest attention is expected of 
the students to the rules of moi-ality and good manners, as well 
as to the performance of their stated college duties. As to mat- 
ters of religion, })articularly the manner in which students en- 
trusted to their care should spend the Sabbath, the Faculty are 
guided in every case by the will of the parent or guardian. A 
decent respect, however, to the sentiments and practices of the 
religious world is, in all cases, expected and required. It is the 
special care of the Faculty to inculcate, l)y prece]»t and exam[>le, 
the i»ure principles of Christianity, free from the narro\v views 
of sectarianism and perversions of fanaticism, and so to train 
the minds of their ]»upils that they may cherish enlightened 
]>iety and benevolence toward men." 

In 188G the seventh ccunmeiu'cment exercises were held in the 
new college building. This edifice was not remarkable for ar- 
chitectural beauty. It resembled somewhat, in its outward 
appearance, an old-fashioned Xew England cotton mill. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 49 

For about three years all things connected with the college 
\\ent on harmoniously, but some trouble arising in the Faculty 
and among the students, the cause and nature of which it is 
unnecessary to inquire into, resulted in the diminution of the 
number of students, and the resignation of Profet^sors Hall and 
Harney. This took i>lace in 1832. The vacancies thus created 
were supplied by the election of Ebenezer 'N. Elliott, a grad- 
uate of Miami University, as Professor of ISTatural Philosophy 
and Chemistry, and of Beaumont Parks, a graduate of Dart- 
mouth College, as Professor of Languages. James D. Maxwell, 
a graduate of Indiana College, succeeded AV^. H. Stockwell tis 
l>rincipa] of the Pre})aratory Department. After the resigna- 
tion of Mr. Maxwell, Joseph G. McPheeters, assisted by M. M. 
Campbell, took his place in the Pi'eparatory Department. 

In 1835 Professor Elliott received an invitation to the Pres- 
idency of Mississippi College. This he accepted, taking with 
him Mr. Maxwell, the Princi])al of the Preparatory Depart- 
ment, and Mr. David M. Elliott, a late graduate. At the next 
meeting of the Board, the vacancies thus caused were tilled by 
the appointment of James F. Dodds, a graduate of Indiana 
College, as l*rofessor of Mathematics ; Augustus W. liuter, a 
graduate of Allegheny C^ollege, Pa., Professor of Greek and 
French ; T. A. AVylie, a gi-aduate of the University of Pa., 
L'rofessor of N^atural Philoso])hy and Chemistry, and William 
R. Harding, a graduate of Trinity College, Duldin, Irelaiul, T*rin- 
cipal of the Preparatory Department, Prof. Harding died after 
a little more than a year's service in the college. 

Many of the students who attended the college in these early 
days were young men l)rought up on farms, and used to hard 
work. They came to Bloomington, generally on their own re- 
sources, depending on money they had earned or borrowed. It 
was not unusual for students to attend to theii* studies for a year 
and then absent themselves for the same length of time in or- 
der to earn money by teaching, or otherwise, and returning, 
would comjilete their college course. Out of this kind of ma- 
terial Inive many of the graduates, and some who were not 
graduates, been made, who have done honor to their alma 
mater and their country. 

To sliow the difference between the present and past times, 
a few interestino- items as to the uianuer of liviuii: ^^'^ here 



50 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

staled. In this tliickly wooded eonntrv fuel was cheap. Fields 
cUnired of tlieir timber were what the farmer desired, and 
lienee tire-wood cost only tiie labor to [)re}»are it, and to de- 
liver it to the consnmer. Magnificent tnli]i-])0|)lar trees, many 
of them from fonr to six feet in diameter, and I'ising to the 
height of sixty t<> eighty feet before branching, were <lca<leiu'(l 
and K'ft in the fields to rot, their destrnction often being has- 
tened liy Hrt'; and \-a]nal)le waliuit trees wci"e nsed for tire- 
wood ami fence rails, and so of other trees, in oi'dcr that open 
tields might b(> obtained for tlie agricnltnrist. The wages of a 
laboring nnni were low; from thirty-seven and a half to tifty 
cents a day was considered a fair price. 

[n an old record l)ook it was stated that Joseph A. Wright 
was allowed for ringing the bell, nuiking tire, etc., during the 
last session in 1828 (the sessions were then ti\c months long), 
$16.25. We tind also that Joseph A. Wright could do a higher 
class of work than that. In the same record it is stated that 
he was allowed one dollar for repairing the to[) of one of the 
chimneys. Tliis same Joseph A. Wright was in 1850 a mu(di 
esteemed and highly popular Governoi' of Indiana, and after- 
uai'ds was United vStates Minister at Berlin. 

Li\'ing in these early times was not expensive. Boarding- 
could l)e obtained in 1880 for from $1.00 to $1.25 a week; in 
18:>7 from §1.50 to $2.00 a week; these prices included fuel. As 
late as 1852 the }UMce of l)oarding in private families was from 
$1.25 to $1.75 a week. This will not appear strange if we 
notice the prices of provisions in these early days before the 
railroad had I'eached the town. IJeef could bt' bought for from 
two to four cents a pound; }iork as clieap or chea})er ; butter 
seldom nu)re than ten cents a pound ; chickens cost from sev- 
en ty-tive to eighty cents a d<^zen ; eggs two or three cents a 
dozen; twenty-tive cents would buy a three-gallon bucketful 
of eggs : turkeys cost twenty-five cents apiece; \'enison liams 
the same price, and Hour and meal cheap in ju'oportion. Stu- 
dents who j)referred to board themselves, or to batch, as they 
called it, could live well on seventy-tive cents a week. All im- 
ported delicacies, such as store sugar, so called to distinguish it 
from nuiple sugar, and store tea, to distinguish it tVom sassatras, 
sometinu's called "grub hyson," were comparatively high 
[)riced. These articles had to be brought from " the River," 
i. e., the Ohio, in wagons, and it took from seven to ten days to 
make the fnp. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 51 

111 1828, on aceoiint of the high price of boarding, some cliarg- 
iug ass much as $1.75 or $2.00 a week, a hirge brick buikling, 
two stories high, was erected near the southwest corner of the 
(•iiiu|»us. This building was given, rent free, to a [)erson Avho 
engaged to furnish Vx^arding and lodging at a lower price 
than was asked in the town. The plan, however, did not work 
w<'Il. A boarding clul) was then formed. The students in the 
club catered for themselves, and employed all necessary lielp. 
Tlie general su[)ervision of the club was entrusted to Professor 
M. M. ('am})l)ell. lender his manag'ement the plan succeeded 
very well. It was, however, in a few years discontinued. 

Bloomington, for many years of its early history, was an iso- 
lated place. It was about fifty miles from Terre Haute, the 
same distance from Indianapolis, forty miles from Columbus, 
the then terminus of tlie ]Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, 
and nciirly a hundred miles from New Albany. Tliere was, in 
these times, not even a turnpike road leading to it. It some- 
times happened, in the l»eginning of winter, that the clay roads 
U'jsding to it were rendered impassable by tlie rain and frost, 
and sometimes for two weeks there would be no cominunicati(~)n 
l)etween Bloomington, and we might say, the outside world. 
Tlie tri-weekJy Louisville and Indianapolis mail, established by 
Messrs. John and Samuel Orchard, would be sto})i)ed for tliat 
kuigth of time. We find, in some of the old catalogues of the 
Fniversity, special dii'ections given to the students from tlie 
South as to the l)est way to reach lUoomington. They might 
hind at Leavenworth, and taking the stage there for Paoli, and 
thence l)v Orchard's stajj'e line, reach Bloommo'ton in three 
days ; or landing at Louisville, anct taking the stage there could 
get to the end of their journey in two days. When the rail- 
road from Madison to Columbus was finished, landing at Mad- 
ison they could reach (\)luml)us by rail, and if they did not 
happen to meet the tri-weekly stage to Bloomington, they couhl 
hire a private conveyance that would take them to the end of 
their jcnirney. Wlien the New Albany & Salem Railroad was 
finished, it was announced that students from the South could 
take the railroad from New Albany to Salem, and thence to 
Bloomington it was only twelve hours. On the completion of 
the railroad to and through Bloomington to Michigan City, in 
1855, there Avas comparatively easy access to the University 
from all quarters. 



52 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Ill tlu' yi'tir 1S;3H, on tlic ir)iii of Fehi-iiarv, l)y an act of tlu' 
Genoral Assembly of tlie State of Indiana, tlie University was 
cliartcred. Tliis cliarter, witli the proper eliaiiges made, is 
similar to that of the college. The Board of Trustees was to 
consist of twenty-one members, any ten of whom would make 
a (|ii()niiii. If no (|Uonim was present, tlie President of the 
rniversity was to be c(jnsidered as a member of the Board till 
the al)sent membei' apj)eai'ed. The (70vern(n' of the State was 
made ex officio Vice President, (ilovernor Wallace was ex- 
pressly nu'iitioned, as he was Governor at the time; he and his 
successors were to occupy this position forev^er. By this act of 
the Legislature the college ceased to exist, and all its i)roperty, 
rights and prix'ilcgcs were tnriu'(l over to the Pniversity. There 
is no iiiciition made of a Board of \'isitors in the L'niversity char- 
ter, but ill the act pro\'iding for the government of the Univer- 
sity, a pproxed J line 17, 1852, the Governor, the Lieutenant (Gover- 
nor, SjH'aker ()f the House of Hei)iX'seutatives, the Judges of the 
Supreme Court and Superintendent of Public Listruction, wei'c 
nia(U' a I>oard of \'isitors, any thi'ce of I hem making a (juorum. 

Ill LSoS, the last year under the college charter, a member of 
the P>oard bi-ought charges against the I*i-esideut for malad- 
ministration; the principal charge seems to have been with 
I'efereiice to the purchase of l)ool<s for the Jjilirai'y. It was 
asserted that more money than had been apjiropriated by the 
P)oar<l had been spent, and iiiipi'opei' books had been bought. 
The President, howevi'i", was fully ac(piitted, and ^vas thanked 
by the P)onrd for what he had done, instead of being ceiisureil. 
When the Board of '{"'rustees of the Pniversity was ap- 
poiiite<l by the Legislatiii'e, the nieiiiber of the Board who 
brought these charges was left out. The fomeiiter of all these 
troubles succeeded in some degrt'C in pi'oducing disaffection 
among the stmU'iits and in the Faculty, 'i'liis affair ^\■as con- 
sidered by the l>oard of siifHcieiit importance ty warrant the 
publication of an address by them to the ]»eople, which was 
written by the lion. Bobt'rt Dale ()wen. From it we exti'act 
the following : 

"The caust's which lia\'e cast a tem])orarv cloud over the 
jMosperity of the Institution are such as vvvy commonly attect 
seminaries of learning at some period ot" their existence; 
es[)ecially such as ai'c endowed by [udjlic funds, and ai'c thus 
}»laced under the sujiervision of the State Legislature. Un- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 53 

luillowcd ainbitioii to siil>s(.'!'\'(' its own [)i"ivate ends lias souglit 
to excite both witlriii and ^vitllout the halls of legislation, dis- 
sentions, heai't l)urnini>'s, and pi'ejndices against the University. 

'' It too fi'e([uenti3' lia|)peiis tluit men in pursnit of evil })nr- 
})oses exhibit an indnstry and j)erseverance that would do them 
honor in a good cause, and so it was in tlie ca.se before us. An 
individual who had been, dni-ing the existence of Indiana Col- 
lege, for a time, one of its Trustees, and who on account of the 
factions disjiosition he exhibited in that capacity failed to ob- 
tain a rea[tpointment on the Board of the University, stu)ig l)y 
Avhat he regarded as an injury and believing tluit the President 
of the University had exerted intlueuce to procure his exclu- 
sion, he openly avowed liis determination either to be reinstated 
in oiiice, or if not reinstated to visit upon the President, at 
whatever cost, the effects of his disappointment. A vacancy 
in the Poard of tlie University occurred dui'ing its lirst session, 
and the individual in question as|)ired to the situation. Im- 
nu'diately before the Hoard went into the election it was plainly 
intimated to them that the as[»ii-ant to the vacancy pledged 
himself to bury in oblivion all animosities if elected; but if re- 
jected then the Institution and the President might U)ok to 
themselves and must suffer the consequences. 

" Tlie P)oard rejected this threatening candidate. lie, however, 
ke])t his word. N^ot satisfied to create and foment jealousies 
and jarrings at home and not content to sow in the minds of 
tlie Students the seeds of disaffection to tlieii- instructors and to 
villifythe Pi'esident by injurious epithets and unfounded insin- 
uations, he proceeded in a more tangible way and official form to 
])rosecnte his attacd^s.*' 

At the next meeting of the Legislature lie preseii'ted a ])e- 
tition in whi(;h formal charges were preferred against T)r. Wylie. 
The Legislature, after some discussion, referred the ma.tter l)ack 
to the Poard of Trustees for decision. In April, 1839, a special 
meeting of the Board was called; thei'c were eleven mem})ers 
present; the Board coutinned a week in session; the I*rosecu- 
tor was called to bring forward his charges, with their specifi- 
cations. '' The examination," in the words of the address " was 
conducted according to tlie forms and regulations of criminal 
prosecutions. The trial was open to the public; the witnesses 
regularly sworn, and when demanded liy either party, subjected 
to cross examination. The I>oard continued to sit till the pros- 

5— History. ' 



54 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

eciitor and defoiidant had l)rought forward all the testimony 
they desired." It Avas at the close of this investigation that 
the proseentoi- with nineh eloquence and feeling said, "Gentle- 
men, it would seem as things now stand, that the prosecntor 
has become the defendant and the defendant the prosecutor." 
This peroration was received with an audible smile by the Board. 

'•The testimony adduced during the investigation" — the ad- 
di'css goes on to say — "was of so decided a character tiiat no 
impartial Jury in the State of Indiana (it may be contidently 
asserted) would have left the jury box without returning a ver- 
dict of aiMjuittal." 

The l)oard exju-essed tlieir opinion of tlie result in the fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

" Hcsolr/'d, Tbat the lioard of Trustees have patiently* inves- 
tigated the charges against Dr. Wylie, President of the Uni- 
versity, of rnal-administration, and having heard for several 
days the prosecutoi" and tlie A-oluminous testimony introduced 
by him, as well as the testimony of Dr. Wylie, come unani- 
mously to the following'conclusion, to-wit : That the four 
charges and their s])ecitications : 1st, of dujtlicity ; 2d, of neg- 
lecting or refusing to ol)ey the requirements of the By-Laws; 
8(1, of ai"l)itrary and ungentlemauly conduct; and, 4th, of mis- 
rejiresentation and falsehood, are wholly unsul)st:antiated by 
proof, and, in the opinion of the Board, untrue." 

" Al.'^o, re-'^olred. That althougli the Board have declined to in- 
vestigate, officially, the ten charges and specifications of nnil- 
administration of the college, believing that they have no 
authority to re\'ei'se or modify any of the proceedings of the 
College Boai'd, yet, from individual exiiminations of the col- 
lege records, it does appear that the gravest charges against 
l^resident Wylie, and particularly in regard to the purchase of 
books, etc., have been fully investigated by the Board, and the 
I'lvsident's conduct not only ap})roved of, but a Note oF thanks 
to him recoi'ded for his faithful ageui-y in the atfair." 

''The above resolutions were adopted 1)y the Board Nvitbout 
a dissenting voice. K\en the gentleman (still a nuunber of the 
Board) who had authorized his name to be placed along with 
that of the ])r()secutor on the accusing petition, joined, after 
he had heard the evidence, in the uiuinimous and honorabk' 
ac(piittal of J'lvsident Wylie of each and every charge that 
had been hrouo'lit as'ainst hini." 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 55 

The Faculty in 1839 was reduced to tliree, the President and 
two professors, and in 1840 the numher of students was 04.* 
The deficiency was sripplied hy tlic election of Lieut. Jjscob 
Ammen, a graduate of West Point, who, on account of his 
excellency as a mathenuitician and draughtsman, had been ap- 
])ointed Assistant Professor in the department of Professor 
Da vies, the Professor of Mathematics and Engineering. Dur- 
ing the short stay of Professor Ammen in the University, in 
addition to the duties of his special department, he organized 
a military company, whicli drilled in the afternoon, wlicu the 
weather permitted. Arms were furnished by the Government, 
and an armory iitted up for their reception. After the resig- 
nation of Professor Ammen the department continued for some 
time, but for want of a proper leader it was soon discontinued. 
The other vacancy in the Faculty, the Professorship of Lan- 
guages, was supplied at the same time by the election of John 
1. Morrison, a graduate of Miami LTniversity, and at that time 
Principal of the Salem Seminar}-, and well-known as an excel- 
lent teacher and scholar. 

At the close of the year 1838 the Professor of Natural 
Philosophy and Chemistry laid before the Board a paper pre- 
senting the wants of the department. In the existing build- 
ings there were no conveniences for experimental illustration. 
The Board promptly replied to the suggestions, and arrange- 
ments Avere made for the erection of a suitable building. This 
building was ready for occupation a little over a year after the 
application had been made to the Board. 

The number of students had increased from 64, in 1840, to 
115 in 1843. In 1843, June 5th, Professor Ammen resigned, 
and on September 25th of the same year Professor Morrison 
Mr. Henry Tanner, a graduate of the class of 1842, was selected 

'■'We .should not despi.=e the day of sraaU beginnings. We present here the number of 
grailuates of Yale College from the year 1702, as given in an old Catalogue in the University 
Library, for the lirst twenty year.s, and also for the same length of time from the year 1830, 
that of the first graduating cla.oses of Indiana University: 

Yale: 1702. . . .6 1707. . . 5 1712. . . .2 1717. ... 5 

1703 .... 1 1708 .... 3 1713 .... 3 1718 .... 13 

1701 .... 3 1709 .... 9 1714 .... 9 1719 .... 4 

1705 .... 6 1710 .... 2 1715 .... 3 1720 .... 11 

1706 .... 3 1711 .... 3 1716 .... 3 1721 .... 14 
Indiana University: 1830 .... 4 1835 .... 4 1840 .... 5 1845 .... 8 

1831 .... 3 1836 . . .8 ISU .... 5 1846 .... 10 

1832 .... 5 1837 .... 10 1812 .... 6 1«47 .... 5 
1833. . . .3 1838. . . . 11 1843. . . .8 1818. ... 6 
1834 .... 4 1839 .... 7 1844 .... 3 1849 .... 7 



56 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

to take cliarge of the Matliematieal Dopartmeiit to the close of 
tlie college year, September 30. This position Mr. Tanner filled 
with credit to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the 
Board of Tnistees. On the resignation of Professor Morrison, 
Professor Daniel Read, of Ohio University, was unanimonsly 
elected to fill the vacancy. On the following day Professor 
Alfred Ryors, of the same institntion, was elected Professor 
of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. 

All things in the management of the college affairs went on 
smootldy for several years thereafter. The niend)ers of the 
Facnlty acted harmoni(^usly, and the nnnd)cr of the stndeiits 
ii'radnallv inci-eased. In 1842 a lonff-continncd effort on th<' 
part of the Board of Trnstees to establish a law school as a 
department of the institution was finally crowned with success 
by the election of Judge David McDonald Professor of Law, 
and his acceptance of the position. Thence, and foi- many 
years, the law school continued to increase the number of stu- 
dents in attendance upon tlie institution.* 

We now revert to the closing yeai's of President Wylie's ad- 
ministr.ition. 

Dr. Kyoi-s, the Professor of Mathematics and Engineering, 
received an invitation- from Ohio Pnivcrsity to I'eturn as its 
President. This invitation Professor Ryors accepted. The 
Faculty and the Board expressed their estimation of the Pro- 
fessor b}' conferring upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. 
On the resignation of Dr. R^yoi's, J'rofessor M(;Oartney, of 
Easton, Pennsylvania, was elected in his place. Professor Mc- 
(Sirtney did not accept. Charles Marshall, a young man edu- 
cated at the University of Virginia, received a pro tern, appoint- 
ment. Mr. Marshall came highly recommended by Professor 
Courtenay, of the Mathematical Department of the University 
of Virginia, and formerly Profess(n' of Engineering and Phys- 
ics in the Military Academy, AVest l*oint, and Dr. William H. 
McGuffey, formerly of Ohio University, then of University of 
\'irginia. In the minutes of the Board, in 1850, there is a 
notice to this effect: "That the Board, as yet, had not been 
able to judge of the propriety of confirming the pro tempore 
appointment of Professor Marshall, as tliere was but a bare 
quorum present," It is well remembered by the writer that 

Tor a particular notice of the law school sec further on, at the close of the history of 
the Col. Dept. of the University. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 57 

when Professor Marshall appeared in Blooiiiington one at least 
of the Professors was by no means pleased with his youthful 
appearance. He was then not quite twenty years old, and not 
large for his age. This displeased professor thought that so 
young a person in the Faculty and among students, many of 
them several years older than himself, would not do. But the 
youthful professor soon showed himself equal to the occasion. 
Pi<|ued, perhaps, at the cool reception, he tendered his resigna- 
tion October 3, 1850. This resignation was accepted, and 
Professor Larabee, of Greencastle, was elected Profc'ssor of 
Mathematics, and a resolution* highly commendatory of Pro- 
fessor Marshall passed by the Board, The Board was soon 
after informed that Professor Larabee could not immediately 
accept, and asked the delay of a year. Professor Marshall was 
then earnestly requested to remain another year at least. This 
he consented to do. 

The year 1850 opened auspiciously. There were in attend- 
ance about a hundred and sixty students in all the departments 
at the commencement of the college year September 22, 1850, 
About the first of ]N'ovember, Dr. Wylie had been taking his 
accustomed exercise with his axe in the woods, nearly a mile 
away from his dwelling, when he accidentally cut his foot. Un- 
able to help himself, after bleeding and suffering for some time, 
some person passing in a carriage found him and took him 
home. The wound was properly attended to, and in a day or 
two he procured crutches, and contrary to the remonstrances 
of family and friends, he went to the college and attended to 
his classes. On Friday, he delivered, according to appointment, 
a lecture to the Agricultural Society of tlie town. He remained 
in the college till the time for the lecture in the afternoon. 
After the lecture he was quite exhausted ; he expressed his 
thankfulness tluit he would now have two days rest. On Sun- 
day evening symptoms of pneumonia appeared and on Tuesday 
morning following he breathed his last.f The formal an- 
nouncement was made by I)r. Read, to the students on Wednes- 
day, and on the following day the Faculty and students and a 

■■■'The following is the resolution of the Board passed on the occasion of Professor Mar- 
shall's resignation : " Besolved, That the Board had received with regret the resignation of 
Professor Marshall, and desire now to express to that gentleman, in the strongest terms their 
high sense of his merits and his services while acting as Professor of Mathematics in the 
University." This resolution was unanimously passed. 

t See fuller account in the sketch of Dr. Wylie. 



58 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



large concourse of friends and citizens followed the bodj- to 
the grave. On tlie day after the funeral of the President, Dr. 
Read addressed the students assembled in the chapel and an- 
nounced the arrangements made for carrying on the work of 
the University. The classes of the President were taken by 
l^i'ofessor Kead, in addition to work in his own department. 
The Freshman class was taken l)y Professor Wylic in classical 
studies, in addition to his ordinary work. All the Professors 
heartily cooperated in this division of labor, calling for no out- 
side help, in order that the bereaved family of the President, 
if the Board should so order it, might receive the salary for the 
collegiate year, which had just commenced at the time of his 
death. 

REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OV TRUSTEES BY THE LEGISLATURE, 
AND PRESIDENCY OF DR. RYORS. 

In accordance with an act to reorganize the Board of Trus- 
tees of Indiana University, defining their powers and their du- 
ties, and providing for the election of a President and other 
officers, and pointing out their powers and duties, approved 
February 16, 1852, the following persons were present and in- 
,stalled in office as Trustees of the University l)y the President 
of the former Board, as required by law, viz. : John I, Mor- 
rison, George Evans, Michael Malott, Patrick J. R. Mupphy, 
Thomas M. Adams, iJ^athaniel Browning, Johnston McCul- 
lough and Joseph G. McPheeters. Joseph G. McPheeters was 
cliosen President. The Board then elected Dr. James D. Max- 
well, Secretary of the Board, and Joseph M. Howe, Treasurer 
of the University. Among the first acts of this Board, at its 
first meeting in April, 1852, was to pass unanimously the reso- 
lutions expressing their high appreciation of the late President, 
and their regret at the loss the University had snstained, and 
their sympathy for the bereaved family. 

In the Faculty report made at this meeting of the Board, 
several suggestions were made with regard to the condition of 
tlie University and its future prospects, presenting those meas- 
ui'cs and improvements to which public opinion most plainly 
points, and which, if adopted, will most fully meet the demand 
and wishes of the friends of education in Indiana, and most 
certainly commend the University to the favor and fostering 
care of the Legislature. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 59 

At tills meeting of the Board, April lOtli, 1852, John H. 
I^athro]), LL. 1)., Chancellor of Wisconsin University, was 
unanimously elected President to till the vac-incy caused l)y 
Ih'. Wylie's deiith. At the June nieeting of the Boar;}, a letter 
was read froin Dr. Lathrop, declining the acceptance of the po- 
sition. /Vt the close of the April meeting of the Board, Professor 
Wylie was made Superintendent of the University buildings 
and adjacent grounds, and the Faculty was requested to make 
him also their Chairman and acting President of the Univer- 
sity till tlie President elect shall enter upon the duties of his 
office. At the request of the acting President, Judge Mc- 
Donald delivered the Baccalaureate at the July Commence- 
ment. He took as his subject the " True Man," and made its 
ap])lication in the close to the late President. 

The Board, after receiving the declination of Dr. Lathrop, 
elected Henry Barnard, LL. D., of Connecticut, President, and 
on the contingency of his not accepting, Rev. Dr. Alfred R3'ors, 
President of Ohio University, was elected to take the place.* 

Before referring to the recommendations of the Faculty with 
regard to the improvements to be made in the college curricu- 
lum, the committee of the Board state that they can not avoid 
an expression of their gratification at the prompt, faithful and 
judicious manner in which the Faculty acted in the painful 
emergencies in which they were severally placed by the decease 
of the President, and for the onerous labors which they cheer- 
fully assumed without any extra charge to the University; the 
Board owe the expression of their approbation in strong and 
decided terms. The labors, particularly, of Professor Eead, in 
attending to the whole studies of the Senior and Junior classes 
in the President's department, and of Professor Wylie in hear- 
ing the recitations of the Freshman class iu> Latin and Greek, 
(in addition to the duties of their own departments) ought not 
to be passed over without notice and approval. That in keep- 
ing up the recitations and all the public exercises of the Uni- 
versity', the conduct of the Faculty is a valuable precedent in 
future contingencies which may arise, and in the opinion of the 
committee, merits the notice and commendation of the Board 
of Trustees. 

■'It is stated in tlie Annual Rsport, 1851-2, that a letter was received from Mr. Barnard, 
not long before the close of the term, in which he says that he was completely incapacitated 
for all bodily or mental labor by being thrown out of a carriage, and that there was no pros- 
pect of his being able to act or even to think for some time to come, and that he must there- 
fore in justice to himself and the University, decline the appointment. 



60 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

'J'luj coniiiiittcf, also, in accordaiK-e with llic t>uggL'stioii8 of 
the Fuculty, rccomint'nded each of the following measures as 
calcuhited to rcndei" tlic I'niversity more useful <iim1 more 
|io[tuhir : 

1. A eoui'.su oi" agrieuUiii'al chemistry. 

2. A normal seminary, with department for males and fe- 
nudes. 

-5. Tlieoretical and ju-actical engineering, 

4. The adoption of a regular graduation of that class of 
students wlio take Avhat is called the scientific course. 

A committee consisting of John F. Morrison, Patrick J. R. 
Murphy and Joseph G. McPlieeters, was appoined, and, on mo- 
tion, Mr. Morrison was selected hy the unanimous consent of 
the Board to present the subject to the Legislature. 

In accordance with this resolution, Mr. Morrison presented 
the report at its session in 1852, then assend)ied. On the 8d of 
dune he re})orted the presentation of the report, and that the 
Senate had ordered a thousand copies to he printed.* 

In accordance witli the repoi"t and recommendation of the 
Faculty, the Board of Trustees, having now the legal sanction, 
resolved that a Normal Seminary for males and females be es- 
tablished in connection with the University, and that a room 
be fitted up for a model school, as subservient to the Normal. 
It was also resolved that sum be appropriated, to be ex- 
pended in purchasing a V)uilding for the use and accommoda- 
tion of the Female Department of the Normal Seminary, and 
that a Department of Civil Engineering is hereby established 
in connection with the Chair of Mathematics. 

In accordance with the resolution of tlie Faculty, a Normal 
Department was established. Dr. Reed, I)}' the ai)p()intment 
of the Faculty and I'esident Trustees, undertook its manage- 
ment. Auxiliary t(j the Normal, certain rooms in tlu' old Sem- 
inary Building were fitted up for the model school, and placed 
under tlie charge of (noAV Rev.) J. C. Smith, a graduate of the 
University. During the first year of the Normal Department 
there was an attendance of thirty-seven, fifteen of these fe- 
males. The resolution of the Board to establish a separate 
Female Department of the Normal School was rescinded in 

'*In Laws and Regulations concerning Indiana University from 1827 to 1878, on p. 46, the 
act which grew out of tills report is presented. On pp. 50 and 51 will be found the law with 
reference to the Normal Department and the Department of Agricultural Chemistry. 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 61 

August, 1853. ]S'ot long after a resolution was passed to make 
the ]Monroe County Female Seminary, then under the care of 
Mrs. E. J, McFerson, its accomplished Principal, tlie Female 
Xormal Seminary of the Fniversity. This resolution was 
ne\'er carried into eliect. After the resignation of Professor 
Head ill 1856, the Xormal Department was discontinued, and 
in the following j^ear the model school. The model school 
was hard to manage. The pay of the teachers was insufficient ; 
hence it was impossible to retain competent instructors. It 
had a change of teachers nearly every year of its existence.* 

Dr. Barnard not accepting the ottered Presidency of the 
Institution, Dr. Ryors, President of Ohio University, who had 
been elected as contingent, became the President of Indiana 
University. 

The prospects of the University were at this time very 
srloomv. To its most hopeful friends it looked as if the time 
was nigh at hand when its doors must be closed for want of 
funds. A long and tedious litigation, in which a considerable 
part of the endowment of the Institution was at stake, had 
come to an end, and that ad^'ersely to it, a brief account of 
which it is deemed [)roper to herewith give. 

In 1804, while Indiana was still under territorial control, an 
act of Congress had reserved a township of land in Vincennes 
Land District for sale for the use of a seminary of learning. 
That township was two years afterward located in what is now 
known as Gibson County, and about the same time the Terri- 
torial Legislature incorporated the Vincennes University, ap- 
pointing Trustees therefor, and empowering them to sell not 
exceeding 4,000 acres of the reserved lands. By virtue of this 
authority, the Trustees sold the land, and with the proceeds 
"erected a large, commodious and appropriate brick building" 
for college purposes, and then the matter stopped. No school 
was opened in the Instituti(jn under the control of the Board 
or by its direction. 

It was an opinion shared in by many that under the act of 
1804 the Gibson County township was to be considered as a 
mere reservation of laud, and not a grant, and that the act of 
the Territorial Legislature incorporating the Vincennes LTni- 
versity was without authority* of lawf . 

''The teachers in the model school were J. C. Smith, 1852-54; A. L. Gilbert, 1854-55; D. 
Eckley Hunter. 1855-56, and Hiram Riddile, 1856-57. 

tThis was the view taken by Chief Justice Taney, of the U. S. Supreme Court, on the 
final adjudication, as appears from his dissenting opinion in 14 How., 27 p. 



62 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



It was I'urtlier an opinion that the onahli ng act of 1816, un- 
(Ut which Indiana was admitted into the Union, granted to the 
new State the Gibson County lands. Bnt if this were not true, 
it was argued tliat the Vincenncs University had forfeited its 
cliarter hy non user; and so the General Assembly, at the same 
session the act establishing the State Seminary was passed, ap- 
pointed an agent to rent the Gibson County lands, and account 
for the rents to the State. Two years afterward the agent was 
empowered to sell the lands, and proceeds to be appropriated 
to the use of the Seminary. Other acts and laws were fi'oni 
time to time passed, all looking to the same end; and the lands 
were ultimately sold, the proceeds going to swell the endow- 
ment fund of the State Institution. 

Thus matters continued up to 1838, when as many of the old 
Trustees of the Vincennes University as could be got together 
met and reorganized the Board by the election of officers. Six 
years thereafter they caused actions of ejectment to be com- 
menced, in the Gibson County Circuit Court, against occupants 
of the land sold by the State. These legal proceedings are said 
to have created great feeling throughout Gibson County, and 
the General Assembly, in 1846, to relieve occupants of lands 
holding by titles derived from the State, passed an act author- 
izing one suit to be l)rought against the State, in the Marion 
Circuit Court, and providing further, that in event the judg- 
ment should be in favor of the Vincennes Board, would relin- 
(piisli all claim to so much of the land as the State had sold, 
while the State would set apart to such Board of Trustees the 
funds derived from tlie sale of said township of land, as, also, 
the amount _yet due of unpaid purchase money. 

In accordance with this act an action was begun in the Ma- 
rion Circuit Court, which resulted in a finding in favor of the 
Trustees of Vincennes University, and fixing the amount of the 
proceeds of the sales of the lands sold b}^ the authority of the 
State at the sum of $30,099.96, and judgment was entered ac- 
cordingly. The case Avas appealed to the Supreme Court of 
the State, and thence to the Supreme Court of the United 
States, and thence going l)ack again to the Supreme Court of 
the State, where a final judgment was rendered in 1854, sus- 
taining the judgment of the coiyt below. The following Gen- 
eral Assembly of the State assuming the payment of the debt 



HT8T0BY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 63 

by an act approved February 13, 1856, the troublesome ques- 
tion was forever put to rest, and the endowment saved to the 
State Institution. 

This decision of the. Court was regarck-.d at tlie time as very 
injurious if not ruinous to the Indiana University. The eifect 
showed itself in the diminished number of students, and in the 
general despondency produced.* The Faculty at this time co- 
operating with Dr. Ryors in the management of the Institution 
was as follows : Dr. Daniel Read, Professor of Languages. 
Rev. R. Milligan, Professor of ll^atural Philosophy and Chem- 
istry, to which chair he had been called on the resignation of 
Professor Wylie, who had accepted a position in the Miami Uni- 
versity, Oxford, Ohio. On the transfer of Professor Milligan, 
Professor M. M. Campl)ell was chosen Adjunct Professor of 
Languages and Principal of Preparatory Department, and Mr. J. 
Calvin Smith, A. M., head master of the lately organized Model 
school, and Mr. James Woodbiirn, a graduate of class 1842, and 
a well-known and competent teacher of Bloomington, was ap- 
|)ointed acting Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering. 
Everything went on as prosperously as could be expected un- 
der the circumstances during the year of President Ryors' ad- 
ministration. President Ryors resigned August 3, 1853. 

On July 31, a *few days before Dr. Ryors' resignation, Dr. 
William M. Daily, who was then a member of the Board ot 
Trustees, announced to the Board then in session, tha.t Governor 
Wright, a member of the Board of Visitors, would be pleased 
to confer with them whenever it would suit their convenience. 
Dr. Daily was appointed to invite the Governor to meet with 
them on the following Monday. On the next Tuesday Dr.- 
Daily handed in his resignation as Trustee to the Board, resign- 
ing, as he stated, for reasons satisfactory to himself. His place 
was immediately filled by the election of Cyrus L. Dunham, of 
Rrownstown, Avho happened to be in town. On August 3, 
Governor Wright reported to the Board that he had had a con- 
ference for more than an hour with Dr. Ryors, and that the 
Doctor had no communication to make to the Board. On the 
evening of the same day the President of the Board laid before 
that body the resignations of the following members of the Fac- 

■'■■"But the subsequent action of the Legislature restored confidence, and the supposed dis- 
aster proved the beginning of a new era of prosperity. 



64 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

iiltv : ])r. Kyors, President ; Dr. Read, Professor of Languages ; 
Mr. Milligan, Professor of Natural Philosophy. These resigna- 
tions were accepted. 

The Board, on the resignation of Dr. Kyors, passed the fol- 
U)\ving resolution : 

Resolved, That we deem this a proper occasion to tender to 
Dr. Ryors assurances of our highest respect for him as a 
scholar, instructor and as a christian gentleman, and that loe 
lire fully satisfied loith the manner in tohich he has discharged^ his 
duties as President of the University and as a. Professor of Moral 
and Menial Philosophy ; 

P(:'<oIred, That the Secretary be directed to furnish Dr. Ryors 
a co}»y of the foregoing resolution. 

The Board then proceeded to till the vacancies caused by 
these resignations. 

DR. daily's administration. 

On August 3, 1853, immediately after the resignation of Dr. 
Ryors, Di'. William M. Daily was chosen President of the 
University. 

The [)i-ofessors for the vacant chairs were then chosen viva 
voce. Dr. Read was ek^cted Professor of Languages ; Dr. Ry- 
ors, Professor of Mathematics and Engineering; Professor 
Milligan, Professor of Xatui'al Philosophy and Chemistry. 
Committees were appointed to inlbrm these gentlemen of their 
election, and in a short time it was reported that all had ac- 
cepted. But Dr. Ryors' name does not hereafter appear as con- 
nected in any way with the University. At this meeting 
Judge McDonald, Professor of Law, handed in his resignation. 
The Board, after expressing their regret that Judge McDonald 
deemed it necessary to resign, elected Judge James Hughes to 
till the vacancy. 

Professor Campbell resigned April 5, 1854. On the ground 
of his long and faithful services in the University, the Board 
granted him the })rivilege of sending his sons to the University 
free of tuition during his natural life. On Professor Camp- 
bell's resignation, rJames Woodburn was elected Adjunct Pro- 
fessor of Languages and Principal of the Preparatory Depart- 
ment, which ])osition lie held till his death, Sepember 8, 1865. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 65 

The iiuuigiiration of Dr. Daily was deferred till the next 
Commencement, and Governor Wriglit was invited to deliver 
the inang'iiral eharge. 

Everything went on prosperonsly till April 11, 1854, when 
the new college bnilding, as it was then called, already re- 
referred to, was l)urnt. The iire occnrring in the night, 
and during the vacation, ;wdien no one was in the bnilding, 
many of the citizens knew nothing of it till the morning. 
This destruction seemed like a death blow to the Univer- 
sity. Its small, though valuable, library, its chapel, rec- 
itation rooms, the neatly fitted up Philonmthean and Athenian 
Society halls, with their libraries and furniture, had in the 
course of a few hours been annihilated — nothing left but rul> 
l)ish and ashes. Thongh all connected with the University 
were distressed by this catastrophe, they were not dislieartened 
or discouraged. When the question was proposed, " AVhat 
shall we do ?" the unanimous answer from Trustees, Faculty, 
students and citizens was "Rebuild, and put the University in 
a better condition than it ever was before." We iind in an ex- 
cellent address* delivered to the Philomathean Society by Dr. 
Reed, August 5, 1856, about two years after the iire, reference 
made to the conduct of the students on that occasion.. 

The professor referred to that esprit de corps, that community 
of feeling, without which no body of men can be effective — as 
the very life of our colleges, the element of their success. 

He goes on to say: " AVhen that old college building, un- 
comely in aspect thougli it may have been, but around which 
clustered so many sacred associations ; when your society halls, 
adorned with so much taste from the savings of your pocket 
money; when your society libraries, collected with so much 
pains ; when the college library, were all lying in the ashes — 
not a book saved ; when dismay sat upon the countenances of 
all good citizens in that dark hour, some of you of this Senior 
class and of the two preceding ones, met with a little band of 
other students and sent forth to your fellow-students, then scat- 
tered in ditferent parts of tlie State, the rallying call, and soon 
the response came back from Lafayette, from Terre Haute, from 
Evansville, from iSTew Albany: 'We will to the last stand by 
our cherished alma mater.' " This first gave the assurance ot 
hope that all was not lost. 

'•'See also the eloquent reference to this catastrophe in the close of Dr. Daily's inaugural 
address. 



66 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Here follows an extract from the appeal which this noble 
band of yonn^ men sent forth to their fellow-students. It is 
dated April 12, 1854, shortly after the tire: 

'^ At a nieetiiiii' of tlu- students remaining- in TUooniington 
during the present vacation, a committee was appointed to ad- 
dress yon in relation to the great calamity which has befallen 
our beloved alma mater. 

"The main University edilice, with the chapel, where w^e 
have so often met, and our beantiful society halls nnd onr libra- 
ries, are a smouldering mass of ruins. 

"It is with sad hearts that we turn onr eyes to the blackened 
walls, where clusters so many pleasant recollections of the past. 
You will, with us, be deeply atHicted by the tidings of this, our 
common misfortune. 

" But the question arises. What shall we do as students ? 
^Ve are directed by the unanimous voice of those at this meet- 
ing to say to you, it is our resolution to remain as students of 
Indiana University. We will never desert her in this, her hour 
of trial."' 

Again, with a prophecy which has proved reality, they say: 

" We have no doubt this calamity will be made the beginning 
of a greater prosperity than ever to the Indiana University. 

"Let us, fellow-students, not be wanting; we can nowhere 
have better advantages. Let us be present and partake in the 
energy and spirit which this event awakens, ('ome, and bi'ing 
with you as many others as possible," 

We nuiy safely say had there not been this es2:>rit (h corps of 
the students, Ti'ustecs, Faculty and citizens, the days of the 
University of Indiana would have been numbered. By the 
Vincennes suit the University had lost nearly ^70,000. The 
State had not yet assumed this loss; its main college building 
had been buiMit, and the land grant made. in February 23, 1854, 
was not yet availal)le, and we believe was very far from cover- 
ing the loss sustained. These calamities almost simultaneously 
crowding upon the University were enough to discourage and 
destroy all hopes of resuscitation. But the Trustees, at their 
meeting not long after the fire (April 27, 1854), showed that 
they were neither discouraged or disheartened. Among their 
first acts was that there should be a Building Committee to 
superintend the reconstruction of the main college edifice, to 
consist : First, a part of the Board, of Messrs. John I. Mor- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 67 

risoii, Thomas M. Adams, Johnson MeCullough ; secondly, of 
the Faculty, of President Daily, Professors Pead and Milligan, 
and of the citizens, John Ort'luird. EesoU-ed, farther, As soon 
:;s the plan of tlie building is determined upon, and the citizens 
of Bh)omington and others have made a subscription of ten 
thousand (h)liars, and tench'red the same to tlie ])(>ard tiirongli 
their committee, the Buihling Ccmimittee shall immediately 
make contracts for building, and shall select a competent super- 
intendent. The cost of the new building was not to exceed 
eighteen thousand dollars ; the President of the Board was to 
find a competent architect, which he did; the services of Mr. 
W. Tinsley were secured for this purpose, and his proposed 
plan and elevation adopted. 

At the meeting of the Board on April 27, 1854, a committee 
was appointed to prepare a scheme of scholarships. This com- 
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Jenckes, McPheeters and Malott, 
made their report. The scholarships were so arranged that 
those paying one hundred dollars were entitled to a perpetual 
scholarship in the Preparatory and Academical Departments ; 
those paying fifty dollars had in the same departments a schol- 
arship for four years, and those paying twenty-five dollars a 
scholarship for two years. The subscriptions that had been 
made by the citizens, or should hereafter be made, were made 
convertible into scholarshi})s. Money was borrowed and prop- 
erty mortgaged, and the building, considering time and place, 
was completed within a reasonable time. It was expected to 
hold the Commencement August, 1855, in the new building, 
but by sonie delay tlie}^ were disappointed. The first Com- 
mencement in it took place August 6, 1856, and the whole 
building finished was formally dedicated November 30, 1856, 
hy President Daily. 

Dnrine- the first two or three vears of the Presidencv of Dr. 
Daily there were many changes in the Faculty. The College, 
however, flourished, increasing in numbers and popularity. 
The President was indefatigable in his ettbrts to rebuild and 
maintain the standing of the Universitv. 

Professor Milligan resigned July, 1854, on account of sick- 
ness in his family, much to the regret of his associates in the 
Faculty and the citizens generally. General Ammen, at that 
time Professor in Bacon College, Kentuck}^, was elected to suc- 
ceed Professor Milligan. Professor Ammen accepted, but re- 



68 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

maiiicd only a short time and then returned to Georgetown, 
Kentucky. In 1854, Professor Elisha Ballantine, of Oliio Uni- 
versity, \vas elected Professor of Mathematics, and on April 28, 
his letter of acceptance was received by the Board. Professor 
Ballantine succeeded Professor Milligan, who had been trans- 
ferred from the chair of Mathematics to the chair of Natural 
Philosophy, on the resignation of Professor Wylie. At a called 
meeting of the Board April, 1855, Professor Wylie, then Pro- 
fessor in Miami University, was recalled to his former position, 
vacated l)y the resignation of Professor Ammen. The valuable 
donation of books made by Mr. Henry W. Derby, a well- 
known bookseller and puldisher of Cincinnati, by which the 
loss of the small but vahial)le library, lately destroyed l)y tire, 
was almost replaced, is worthy of grateful mention. T*resident 
Daily received from him tlie following letter: 

" September 25, 1855. 

'■'■Rev. Wtn. M. Dailij, J). D., Prcs'alcnt of Indiana UnircrslUj. 

"Dear Sir — P^pon a recent visit to Bloomington, the calam- 
ity which had befallen the Universit}" in the total destruction 
of its librarj', was brought to my attention. In aid of repair- 
ing a loss so serious to an institution of learning, I beg you to 
select from our general catalogue of books to the amount of 
fifteen hundred dollars, which are hereby placed to 3"our order. 

"Respectfully, your obedient servant, 

-II. W. Derby." 

The Faculty on receipt of this letter, passed the following 
resolution : " The thanks of the Faculty is hereby tendered to 
Mr. Derby for this generous and timely gift, the first of its kind 
made to the University since the great calamity in the destruc- 
tion of its library. It was also directed that when the new 
library should be fitted up, there should be a special alcove de- 
voted to its reception." The books were selected princi})ally by 
Drs. Daily and Read and all labeled, "The Derby Donation." 
A valuable donation of law-l)ooks, nuule by a citizen of Fort 
AVayne, A\". II. Jones, Esq., is also worthy of honorable men- 
tion. The exact nunibei' is not remend)c'i'ed, but it was not less 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 69 

than two hundred. Many of them were folioB, some running 
back to the reign of Charles I, nearly all referring to old Eng- 
lish laws.* 

Dr. Read, Professor of Languages, presented his resignation 
December 4, 1855. During his connection with the University, 
his diplomacy and energy, particularly during the troubles 
arising from law-suits and the burning of the main building of 
the University, together with his excellence as a scholar and 
teacher, called forth from the Board a strong expression of re- 
gret and an earnest request from the Board that he would re- 
main at least another year in the University. Dr. Read con- 
sented to remain. Professor Butler, of Wabash College, who 
had been elected Dr. Read's successor, did not accept, and Pro- 
fessor Ballantine was transferred from the chair of Mathematics 
to that of Languages. At this juncture, the name of Professor 
Daniel Kirkwood, then President of Newark College, Delaware, 
was presented for the chair of Mathematics. He accepted and 
thus all vacancies were filled. Professor Kirkwood did not take 
his place as a member of the Faculty till the last day of October, 
1856, the preceding part of the term being filled satisfactorily 
by the temporary appointment of the Rev. Henry W. Ballantine, 
now of Orange, jSTew Jersey. 

After the vacancies in the Faculty had been thus satisfacto- 
rily filled the number of students gradually increased, and all 
things went on harmoniously to the close /of Dr. Daily's 
Presidency. 

On account of some untoward circumstances, resulting in a 
trial in an ecclesiastical court, in which charges were brought 
against Dr. Daily, and a popular clamor excited, which he 
feared might be injurious to the University, he handed in his 
resignation, January 27, 1859, which was accepted, and the fol- 
lowing resolutions passed : 

" Besolved, In view of the constant and untiring services ren- 
dered by Dr. Daily to the University, out of the proper sphere 
of his ofiicial duty, and made necessary by the calamity to 
which it was subjected by the destruction of its l)uilding and 
library, and the eml)arrassments resulting therefrom, he be, and 
is hereby allowed the sum of seven hundred dollars in addition 
to his regular salary, in full of such services." 

"^'This very valuable collection of law-books of the 17th and 18th centuries, together with 
the extensive collection of the University, were totally lost in the fire of 1883. 

6— History. 



70 IIISTOKV (»F INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

. '^ lic.'ioliuul. That it is due to l>r. Daily to say that during- the 
time of his counct'tion with the ITniversity liis administration 
thereof lias met \\itli our warmest and most eordial appro- 
l)ation.'- ■ 

.80011 after^ ''V a resohitioii of tlie Board, Prof. T. A. Wylie 
was directed to act as teni})orary President, and the Faculty was 
authorized to emi)l()y such assistance as may he necessarv;, and 
within their means. 

, The exercises of the Uni\ersity were conducted as usual after 
the resignation of its late rresident. About a dozen of tlie 
students, who were much attached to liim, withdrew from the 
University, haviiiij- eallcd for honorable dismissals, which were 
granted. Indeed, nearly all the students were very much at- 
tached to the retii-ing rresident on the ground of his kindly 
disposition, and the interest he took in their welfare. It was 
widely circulated at tiiis time that the University was fast fall- 
ing into ruins, and soon there would be nothing of it left. 
J^otwithstanding these predictions and efforts, stimulated by 
repeated visits of the ex-President, his friends within and with- 
out the University did not succeed in accomplishing their 
object. With rather more than ordinary manifestations of 
disorder and insul)ordination the storm was weathered, the 
commencement came, the degi'ees were conferred, and the Bac- 
calaureate address delivered by the acting President.* During 
the last half of the college year (1858-59) the Kev. Caleb Blood, 
A. M., was ap})ointed l)y the Faculty pro tern. Professor of 
Mental and Moral Philosophy and Belles Lettres, which posi- 
tion he tilled to the satisfaction of all concerned, Messrs. Noah 
S. Given, A. B., and William T. Moffett, A. B., giving general 
assistance as tutors. 



TUK I'KHSIUENCY UK J)R. LATHIIOP. 

On July 18, 1859, elohn II. Latlirop, LL. I)., was elected Pres- 
ident of the University. As the records of the University after 
this date were destroyed by fire in 1883, what remains to be 
presented will depend on the annual ie[)orts, the Faculty min- 
utes from 1859 to the [tresent time, [irinted documents of va- 

^The number of the students as given in the catalogue for the years 1859 and 1860 are 231 
and 203. Leaving out the L;iw Department, which was not so much interested in these 
matters, the reduction in numbers was only 11. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 71 

rious kinds, and memory. Dr. Lathrop took his seat as Presi- 
dent of the University September 20, 1859. At this time the 
turbulent spirit of the preceding year had disappeared, and a 
good spirit among the students generally prevailed. The Fac- 
ulty, with the exception of the President, Professor Blood and 
the tutors, remained the same as in the preceding year. Pro- 
fessor Henry Bascom Hibben, A. M., had, at the last meeting 
of the Board in 1859, been elected Professor of Logic, Rhetoric 
and Belles Lettres. He took his seat as member of the Faculty 
January 6, 1860. Messrs. Charles Campbell, A. B., John H. 
Wilson and James C. Elliott were tutors, and Professor E. 
Marquis, Instructor in German, French and Hebrew. Dr. 
Lathrop delivered his Baccalaureate July 6, 1860. A few days 
after, July 11, the inauguration of the President took place. 
Governor Willard, his friend and former pupil, delivered the 
address of investiture, and Dr. Lathrop his inaugural, and be- 
fore the adjournment of the Board, then in session. Dr. Lathrop 
resigned, having been connected with the college only one year. 
He accepted an invitation to a professorship in Missouri Uni- 
versity, of which he had been the first President, serving there 
from 1842 to 1849, and then leaving liecause his views on the 
slavery question, which then was becoming a prominent subject 
in the political field, did not harnK^nize with the popular sen- 
timent of that community. 



THE PRESIDENCY OF DR. CYRUS NUTT. 

8oon after the resignation of J)r. Lathrop, and before the 
Board had adjourned its annual meeting, Dr. Cyrus I^utt, of 
Greencastle, was elected President. The President-elect first 
met the Faculty, August 16, 1860, and arrangements were made 
for general college work during the next term. It was not till 
June 7, 1861, that his inauguration took place. Governor 
Oliver P. Morton making the address of investiture, and Dr. 
Nutt delivering his inaugural. 

Dr. Nutt entered upon his duties amid favorable circum- 
stances. In 1860 the number in the four regular classes (not 
counting the law students and Preparatory Department) was 
99; in 1861, 112; in 1863, reaching the minimum, 67; then 
gradually rising till, in 1869, the number was 182. 



72 IIISTOKV OF INDIANA rNIVKHSITV. 

In 1860 the Fac-ulty consisted of tlie following persons : Dr. 
Nutt, President: Profi'ssors Ballantine, Wylie, Kirkvvood, 
Woodburn; Judge Bryant, Professor of Law; H. B. llibljen, 
lately elected Professor of English Language and Literature, 
and Vj. .Mai'(iuis, ProfV'ssoi' of Modern Languages and Litera- 
ture. 

By a lau' a|i|»r()\H"d May 11, 18(11, the State Geologist, while 
h(! holds his office, was made a member of the Faculty of the 
Univei'sity, and was dii-ected to collect duplicate specimens of 
minei'ah)gy and geology in his reconnoissances of the State, 
iind de})Osit one set of the sanu^ in the cabinet of the State 
University. Professor Richard Owen was the first to receive 
this honorary appointment, and T*rofessor E. T. Cox succeeded 
him as State Geologist and as a member of the Faculty. 

At the close of the year 1861 Professor H. B. Hibben re- 
signed his professorshi]) and entered the army as a Chaplai!!. 
In 1854 he was a[tpointt'd Chaplain in the Xavy by President 
Lincoln, which position he still (1887) holds. 

In 1868 (^)lonel Pichai-d (3wen, of Xew Harmony, then in 
the army, was elected to the (Uiair of Natural Philosophy and 
Chemistry. In tlie same year Pi'ofessoi" E, Ballantine resigned, 
having aircepted the position of I)e])artment Secretary of the 
American Jk^ard of Foi-eign Missions, and Professor M, M. 
Cam}»bell, formerly Adjunct Professor of Languages, was in- 
vited by the resident members of the Board to take the va- 
(nited place 7);-o tent. At the next meeting of the Board, Pro- 
fessor dames D. Butler, of Wisconsin Lniversity, was again 
iiivited to the vacant chair, lie, however, declined. The chair 
of Languages being thus vacated, Professor AVylie was trans- 
ferred to the same, and Professor Owen was made Professor 
of Physics and Chemistry. This arrangement continued till 
LS68. 

In 1866 Professor Kirkwood accepted tlie Pi-otessoi-shi}) of 
Mathematics and Astronomy in AVashiugton and Jeiferson Col- 
lege, Pensylvania, and Prof. Cyrus M. Dodd, then of Washing- 
ton and .lefierson College, was elected Professor of Mathematics 
in Lidiana I niversity. The next year Professor Kirkwood re- 
turned to Bloomington and resumed his former ])osition in the 
University, and Professor P)allantine returning about the same 
time, was elet-ted Professor of Greek Language and Literature, 
and Prof. C. M. Dodd (,»f the Latin Lauii'uage and Ijiterature. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 7B 

The Department of Aiieient Laug-uages l)eing thus tilled, Pro- 
fessor Wylie was made Professor of ISTatiiral Phil<)so])hy, and 
Dr. Owen, Professor of Natnral Scienee and Chemistry. 

In 1867 a Professorship of English Literature- and the Theory 
and Praetiee of Teaehing was established, and in 1(S()8 tlie Tlon. 
Geo. W. Hoss, late SnjDerintendent of Puldic Insti-uction, was 
elected to that chair, and entered u[)ou his duties in the follow- 
ing year, 1869. In 1871 Professor IIoss accepted a position as 
President of the Kansas Normal School, in Em[)oria. In 1871 
he was recalled to Indiana University, to the Professorship of 
English Literature and Elocution, which he occupied till 1880. 

Among the interesting events occurring during the admin- 
istration of Dr. Xutt were the etforts made l»y the President, 
and other friends of the University, to locate tlie Agricnltnral 
College in Bh:»omington, in connection with tlie Indiana Uni- 
versity. 

By an act of Congress, of July 2, 1862, public lands belong- 
ing to tlie United States were donated to the several States and 
Territories wliich may provide colleges for the benefit of agri- 
culture and the mechanic arts. This national grant was ac- 
cepted I)y Indiana, March 6, 1865, and a Boai'd of Trustees, 
with corporate name of the Trustees of the Indiana Agricul- 
tural 'College, was organized. Governor Morton was ex officio 
President. This Board received the land scrip of ^390, 000 acres, 
and sold it for |212,238.50, April 9, 1867. By careful manage- 
ment, this fund was in(;reased to $840,000, and invested in non- 
negotiable State bonds l)earing o [)er cent, intei'est, to be ])aid 
quarterly. 

This was the [trize for which the Indiana University con- 
tended. The cause of the University was ably advocated by 
many of its friends. Among others, President Nutt presented 
its plea very forcibly to the Legislature, and also in a lecture 
delivered in fifteen counties in southern Indiana. A synopsis 
of this lecture is given in the annual i-eport of the University, 
made in the college year 1865-66. 

The conditions of the grant were: 

1. That at least one college must be organized, the leading 
object of which should be to teach such branches of learning as 
are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts. 

2. If any portion of the fund, principal or interest, l)e lost, 
it shall be replaced by the State. 



74 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

3. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon shall be 
applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to 
the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building 
or buildings. 

4. The State shall provide within five years, not less than 
one college as described above. 

Three plans were proposed for the disposition of tbis impor- 
tant trust : 

1. The endowment of agricultural departments in some five 
of the leading colleges of the State, including a central institu- 
tion of research at Indianapolis. 

2. The founding of a separate Agricultural College. 

3. The establishment of an Indiana State Agricultural Col- 
lege in connection with the Indiana University. 

President Nutt showed very conclusively the impracticability 
of the first method proposed, the uselessness of the second, 
since the Indiana University was ready to carry out at once the 
conditions of the original grant, since the whole property of 
the University thus becomes subsidary to the State Agricultural 
College. By the union of the endowment of the Agricultural 
College with that of the State University, the whole endow- 
ment would be about .$500,000, and would thus make an insti- 
tution of which the State might be justly proud. These 
arguments had their weight, and all omens were favorable as to 
the location of the Agricultural College in Bloomington, till 
the last day of the meeting of the Legislature. But the gift 
of Mr. Purdue of $150,000, and the donation of one hundred 
acres of land appurtenant to the site of the Institution, by the 
citizens of Chauncey, and |50,000 from Tippecanoe, outweighed 
the proflfered ofi:er of the Indiana University, and located the 
Agricultural College in Lafayette, which, though not located 
in Monroe County, is in conjunction with the Normal at Terre 
Haute and Indiana University at BhKjmington, a part of the 
University system of the State. 

THE ADMISSION OF FEMALES TO THE UNIVERSITY. 

A change in a long established custom with regard to the 
admission of females to all the privileges of the University was 
made in the college year 1867-68. In the preceding year, Mr. 
Jenkinson, then of Allen County, a member of the Board of 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 75 

Trustees, offered a resolution to admit females to the same 
studies and tlie same standing as the males. For some time 
before this, the subject, " the eoedueation of the sexes," had 
been agitated in various educational conventions, and Mr. Jen- 
kinson was a strong advocate in its favor. C\)operating with 
others like-minded, he had been instrumental in opening the 
Fort Wayne Female College to nudes. The other members of 
the University Board were not prepared for the innovation ; 
no member but himself approved of the resolution presented. 
At a subsequent meeting. Judge lihoads offered a substitute 
for this resolution of Mr. Jenkinson, proposing to admit fe- 
males to partial rights and p>rivileges, but this was not agreed 
to by the Board. The original resolution was then pressed, 
and about the same time a petition was presented by Miss 
Sarah P. Morrison, asking that the law of the University 
should be so changed that females, with regard to their studies 
and privileges, should be put on the same footing as the males. 
This request of Miss Morrison, coming when the question was 
before the Board, liad, without doubt, intluence in the Board's 
deciding in favor of Mr. Jenkinson's resolution. The motion, 
however, was carried only by a majority of one; four in favor, 
three against it. Miss Morrison, who knew nothing of the 
agitation of this question by the Board, received a reply to her 
petition that the laws of the University with' regard to this 
matter required no change, and that its doors, with all its rights 
and privileges, were open to females. Miss Morrison then en- 
tered the Sophomore Class at the beginning of the next year, 
1868-9, and about nine weeks after a number of young ladies 
entered the Freshman Class, and before the end of the second 
term tliere were twelve female students. 

We are not aware that any college before the year 1866, had 
admitted both sexes to the privileges, excepting Oberlin Uni- 
versity, Ohio, and the Fort Wayne Female College, the former of 
which, as early as 1837, had the courage, in the face of pub- 
lic opinion, to open its halls to all the children of men without 
regard to sex or color. In the year 1868-9, the number of fe- 
male students was about ten per cent, of the whole number of 
the students in the four college classes. In 1886 the number of 
female students is about thirty-three per cent. 



76 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMMON SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY. 

It is evident that the framers of the first Constitution of In- 
diana contemplated a system of education which should em- 
brace the lowest and highest degrees of mental training. They 
had received from the General Government a large grant of land, 
the sixteenth section in each township, for the establishment of 
common schools, and a township of land in Monroe County for 
a State Seminary of learning. In the old Constitution of the 
State, adopted when Corydon was the capital, in the year 1816, 
we have in Article IX, section 2, these words: "It shall be 
the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as circumstances per- 
mit, to provide by law for a general system of education, as- 
cending in regular gradation from the township school to a 
State University, wherein tuition shall be gratis and open to 
all." In the preceding section it is said that the " General As- 
sembly shall pass such laws as shall be calculated to encourage 
intellectual, scientifical and agricultural improvement, and en- 
courage the principles of humanity, industry and morality." 
In the new Constitution, adopted February 10, 1851, Article 
VIII, the educational system seems to be limited to the com- 
mon schools, the University Vjeing altogether ignored. But in 
1852 amends were made for this omission, by the passing of an 
act with reference to the University, reading as follows: 

" Section 1. Be, it enacted by the General Assembly of the State 
of Indiana: The Institution established by an act entitled, 
An act to establish a college in the State of Indiana, approved 
January 28, 1828, is hereby recognized as the University of the 
State.'" This of course sanctions the idea that the Indiana 
University is at the head of the educational system of the State, 
and authorizes the action of the State Board of Education, 
taken May 5, 1873, as follows: 

^^ Hesolved, That the State Board of Education recommend 
the Trustees and Faculty of the Indiana University, in order to 
unite tlie liigli schools of the State and the University more 
closely together, to so modify the I*reparatory course of study 
as to admit students to the Freshman class without the knowl- 
edge of Greek, putting in place thereof an equivalent in the 
increased amount of Mathematics and Science." 

At a meeting of the superintendents and principals of schools 
of four hundred or more pupils, held in Indianapolis, May 7, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 77 

1873, for the consideration of matters pertaining to the welfare 
of the schools, the question, "How to harmonize the High 
School and University courses of instruction," elicited consid- 
erable discussion. The following resolutions were thereupon 
unanimously adopted : 

" Resolved, That we, the members of the Convention of Su- 
perintendents of the High Schools of the State, respectfully 
represent that we fully approve the plan of uniting the high 
schools with the University by the method proposed, viz. : 
That the high schools shall prepare pupils in orthography, 
arithmetic, English grammar, geography, physiology. United 
States history, algebra, geometry, Latin grammar, Csesar, and 
Virgil, which shall admit them to the Freshman class without 
the necessity of preparing them in the study of Greek, and 
that the study of the advanced mathematics be considered as 
an equivalent for the additional amount of Greek now required 
for admission. , 

" Besolved, That Mr. Gow present these resolutions to the 
Trustees of the University, at their meeting in June, as the ex- 
pression of our views." 

These resolutions having been presented, it was " ordered by 
the Board of Trustees of Indiana University, that the mini- 
mum standard of admission to the Freshman class in the Uni- 
versity shall be a creditable examination in orthography, 
reading, geography, English grammar. United States history, 
composition, word analysis, physiology, algebra, geometry, 
Latin grammar, Latin prose composition, C?esar and Virgil or 
their equivalents." 

" Second, In order to bring the University into closer con- 
nection with the high schools of the State, we recommend the 
following plan: 'A certificate from certain high schools (the 
schools to be hereafter named by the State Board of Educa- 
tion) of a satisfactory examination, sustained in the Prepara- 
tory course, will entitle the bearer to admittance to the Freshman 
class, and no one will be admitted as a student in the Univer- 
sity (except those admitted to select studies or on special 
examination) without such certificate from the authorities of 
the high schools.' " 

This arrangement immediately went into eifect, and twenty- 
one high schools in different parts of the State are mentioned 
as designated and commissioned by the State Board to prepare 



78 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

and examine students for admission to the Freshman class. 
The part of this arrangement that Greek should not be re- 
quired for entrance into the Freshman class was quite an 
innovation, and was regarded hy many scholars and literary 
institutions throughout the State with great disfavor, and as 
lowering the college standard and a step downward and back- 
ward. Xo evil seems, however, to have resulted from it; the 
ProfesNor of Greek, the late Professor Ballantine, found that in a 
year after the change had been made he had the scholars as far 
advanced as under the old arrangement. This may be ascribed 
to the better and more uniform training in elementary instruc- 
tion under the Professor himself than the pu})il had under differ- 
ent instructors, some better and some worse, and each having his 
own peculiarities. The same may be said with regard to this 
innovation under the instruction of the present Professor of 
Greek, Mr. Hoffman. 

In 1868 the military department of the University was re- 
vived. In Lieutenant (now General) Ammen's day, a military 
company of the students was formed — this was in the years 
1839-42 — and for a time, drilled every afternoon in the week, 
except Saturday and Sunday. On General Ammen's resigning 
in 1842, the military exercises were soon after discontinued. It 
was not till 1869 that the military department was put in work- 
ing order, when arrangements were made for instruction in mil- 
itary science, and also for company and battalion drill. In this 
department, tactics, out-post duty, military engineering, and 
science of war, were to be taught ; arms and accoutrements 
were obtained and Major General Eli Long was detailed by the 
President of the United States as Military Professor in the Uni- 
versity. General Long occupied this position only for a year. 
He was recalled by the War Department from his position in 
the University and from the Avork so auspiciously commenced. 
The University was fortunate in securing the service of Colonel 
.lames Thompson, formerly Assistant Professor of Mathematics 
in West Point, as Professor of Military Science and Engineer- 
ing, by whom this department was carried on with consider- 
able spirit for two or three years. It so happened that many 
of the students of the military class, who lived at a consider- 
able distance from the College, found it very inconvenient to 
attend the drill, and obtained permission to withdraw. While 
the militarv ardor was thus weakened, the zeal of the students 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 79 

took a new direction ; the class of civil engineering was en- 
larged, and soon the military feature of Colonel Thompson's 
professorship became less and less prominent, while engineer- 
ing, mechanical drawing, the construction of bridges, practical 
surveying, etc., became more and more popular. In 1875 the 
military features of this department altogether disappeared, and 
it became the department of civil engineering. This, all the 
scientiiic students were required to attend. There was an eiFort 
made by the Trustees al)out this time to establish a gymnasium ; 
an appropriation was made to erect a building for this purpose 
in the college campus ; but at a meeting of the Board not long 
after, it was thought that the money could be put to a better 
use, and the former action of the Board was rescinded. 

THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

In the Annual Report of 1870 mention is made among the 
wants of the University, of a gymnasium, and also another pro- 
fessional school — that of medicine — in which tuition shall be 
free for all. The Indiana Medical College, at Indianapolis, was, 
at a meeting of the Board in 1871, made the Medical Department 
of Indiana University, and in the Report for 1872, this Depart- 
ment appears as a part of its working force. The College 
building at Indianapolis had the appliances necessary for the 
different branches of the medical course. It had also access to 
the City Hospital, and all the opportunities necessary for teach- 
ing clinical medicine and surgery. There was also attached to 
the College a dispensary where gratuitous professional services 
were rendered, enabling the students to witness and take part 
in the management of such cases as presented themselves. 

THE OWEN COLLECTION. 

The appliances for instruction in physics, chemistry and nat- 
ural science, were up to the year 1872, very meagre; the Trus- 
tees, always willing to go as far as their means would allow, 
were enabled by the grants made by the Legislature in 1867 
and 1873, to put these departments, requiring so much and such 
expensive apparatus, on a much better footing than they ever 
had been before. In 1870, the large and extensive cabinet of 
the distinguished geologist, the late David Dale Owen, M. D., of 



80 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 

New Harmony, was offered for sale, and purchased by the Uni- 
versity. Tlie terms were made so favorable that the University 
was without difficulty aljle to purchase it. The negotiation with 
the family of the late Dr. D. D. Owen, was made by Professor 
B. K. Rhoads and Dr. II. Cloud, and the collection was packed 
and si'ut to IJloomington. It iilled several cars. There was no 
room for it in the then existing buildings, and all that could be 
done was to hire a ware-room and store it away. To utilize it, 
rendered the erection of another building indispensable. 

When it was determined that a new^ building sliould be pro- 
vided for the Owen collection, it was thought advisable to erect 
one sufficiently large to accommodate the law school, library 
an<l other departments, for which there were not adequate ac- 
commodations in the old building. A plan w^as adopted in ac- 
cordance wdth these suggestions. The corner-stone was laid 
July 2, 1873, Governor T. A. Hendricks and Lieutenant-Gov- 
ernor Leonidas Sexton delivering the orations. This building 
w^as in length, one hundred and thirty feet ; in breadth, fifty 
feet; three stories high. The collection and chemical labora- 
tory occupied the lower floor. The library, the physical de- 
partment and analytical laboratory, the second floor. The 
law de])ai'tment, till its close in 1877, and afterwards the nat- 
ural history and geological departments and modern languages 
the third floor. This building and nearly all its contents was 
destroyed by fire, being struck by lightning, in 1883, exactly 
ten years and eleven days after the laying of the corner-stone. 
At the annual meeting of the Board, June 30, 1875, Dr. 
Cyrus Nutt resigned, having held the office of President for 
fifteen years. During his presidency there Avas on the whole 
a continued increase in the prosperity of the Institution, and a 
number of important changes made and measures adopted. In 
1868 the College wds opened to female students. In the 
year 1873 an important connection was made with the high 
schools of the State. In 1807 an annual grant of $8,000 was 
made to the University, and in 1873 another annual grant of 
114,000. In the year before a grant of $8,000 was made for the 
payment of some debts of the University. In 1871 the Owen col- 
lection was purchased, and in 1872 the Indiana Medical College 
was united to the Universit}', becoming its medical department. 
In 1873 a building was erected for the museum, the law% the 
physical, chemical, natural history, and moderji language depart- 




Ei-eclecl 1«55. 




Ki-ottecl 1873. 

DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1883. 



I 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 81 

inents, iiad also for the library. The number of students in the 
College proper and law seliool, exclusive of tlie medical school 
and preparatory department, averaged during Dr. Nutt's ad- 
ministration one hundred and sixty-six per annum. The lowest 
nund^er, m 18(38, (during the war) was seventy-nine, the high- 
est, 1871, two hundred and fifty-eight. Dr. Nutt died August 
23, 187r), less than two months after his resignation. 

THE I'RESIDKNCY OF J>R. LEiMUEL MOSS. 

After the resignation of Dr. Xutt, it became necessary to 
look for a successor. An alumnus of the University, residing 
in Chicago, suggested that Dr. Moss, who had lately resigned 
the Presidency of Chicago University, would be the nuin to fill 
the vacancy in this place. Inquiry was made respecting this 
retiring President, and the answers received were all favorable 
as to character and qualifications. It so happened that there 
was a called meeting of the Board of Trustees in Indianapolis, 
sliortly before tlie end of the summer vacation, and while in 
session the Board was informed that Dr. Moss, whose name 
had been mentioned, was at that time in Indianapolis, with his 
family, on their way eastward. An interview was had with 
the Doctor, and shortly after, on the 13th of September, 1875, 
he was elected President of the University, and his course was 
diverted from the east and turned to Bloomington, at which 
place he arrived on Friday, the 17th. On the following day, 
the Senior Professor, President jjro tern, introduced Dr. Moss 
to the students, and he then assumed his position as President 
of Indiana University. Under the preceding President, the 
University had pros[)ered, and the incoming President entered 
upon his administration under very favorable auspices. 

In the Annual Report of 1877 Dr. Moss presented to the 
Ik)ard of Trustees his views of the aims and wants of the 
University. Many, if not all, the excellent and appropriate 
suggestions then made were approved by the Board. The 
connection of the medical school with the University termin- 
ated in 1876, having continued five years.* In the following 
year the law department, established in 1842, was closed. The 
cause of the discontinuance of these schools seems to have been, 

*' The connection of the medical school with the University was little more than nom- 
inal, and of no advantage to either side, and was allowed to lapse, no one objecting. 



82 HISTOKV OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

that since, according to tlie decision of tlie Board, the tuition 
wa8 free, it wouhl liave required an expenditure beyond the 
means at the disposal of tlie Trustees to secure the services of 
competent professors. In 1855 there was a so-called scientific 
course of three years, diifering from the other courses by the 
omission of Greek and Latin. In 1867 the scientific course 
was (dianged to a four year course, and additional studies were 
recpiired. This arrangement continued till the third year of 
\)v. Moss' Presidency, when three courses were established: 
1. Tile course of ancient classics, leading to the degree B. A., 
Bachelor of Arts. 2. The course of modern classics, in which 
Frencdi or German was substituted for the Greek. The elements 
of Greek could, however, be taken in the Sophomore year. 
Tliis course led to the degree, Bachelor of Letters, B. L. 3. 
The course in science was the same as the preceding as to 
hmguages ; but special attention was given to the physical 
sciences in the Junior and Senior years. This course led to 
the degree, Bachelor of Science, B. S. 

Courses of lectures called Special Lectures were introduced 
by Dr. Moss with the approval and support of the Board. 
These courses w^ere not long, but were profitable to the stu- 
dents and the public, as may be inferred from the sul)jects and 
the distinguished lecturers by whom they were delivered. 

The first course was delivered in November, 1877, by Pro- 
fessor George F. Barker, M. D., LL. D., of the LTiiiversity of 
Pennsylvania. His subject was "Tlie Latest Discoveries and 
Most Recent Methods in Physics." The lectures were fully il- 
lustrated by experiments and eloquently delivered. The Pro- 
fessor exhiliited the telephone, then in its infancy, and also the 
electric light produced liy the galvanic battery. This light, 
otherwise produced, was then emerging from the halls of sci- 
ence and becoming a public illuminator. 

In 1878 there w^as a highly instructive course of lectures 
delivered by President James B. Angell, of the University orf 
Michigan, on "International Law, Illustrated by American 
History." 

In Fel)ruary, 1880, the late Richard A. Proctor, B A.., of 
Cambridge, England, so well known liy his voluminous writ- 
ings and as a popular lecturer, delivered a course of six lectures 
on astronomy. These eloquent and instructive lectures were 
illustrated by diagrams and the magic lantern. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVKRSITY. 83 



In 1880 Professor William T. Harris, LL. D., then of St. 
Louis, delivered a course of six lectures on " The Philosophy 
and History of Education." In the following year, Professor 
Harris, now of Concord, Mass., was invited back to give a 
course of lectures in pedagogics to the Senior and Junior 
classes of the University. In the following winter of 1882, 
Miss Brace, a graduate of Vassar College, gave a five weeks' 
course in elocution to the Senior and Junior classes, together 
with several public exhibitions of her remarkable elocutionary 
powers. The year following she was elected Professor of Elo- 
cution in the University. Since this time, these special courses 
have been discontinued. The college year of 1882-8 terminated 
auspiciously. The last week was a festive occasion, closing 
with the usual commencement exercises. One evening was 
devoted to a levee and reunion of the Alumni and their friends. 
The College societies, the Philomathean, the Athenian and the 
Ladies' Hesperian, held their valedictory exercises some time 
during this week, thus closing this very prosperous year. It 
sometimes happens that calamity follows hard on prosperity. 
Just one month after the commencement, July 13, 1883, the 
College building, the corner-stone of which was laid by Gov- 
ernor T. A. Hendricks and Lieutenant-Governor Leonidas 
Sexton, July 2d, 1873, was a mass of ruins. 

As there had been no one occupying the building for more 
than a week, there is no w^ay of accounting for the tire but by 
a vivid flash of lightning, which occurred about 6 o'clock p. m. 
on the 12th of July, during a heavy fall of rain, which contin- 
ued the whole niglit. The fire must have been smoldering in 
the building till 8 o'clock, when the alarm was given. The 
building w^as so pervaded by the smoke that no part could be 
entered except the museum, in the lower story, from which some 
tables, covered with specimens, were taken. The valuable 
library of about 13,000 volumes was completely destroyed, and 
also all the physical and chemical apparatus, and the valuable 
collections, together with the library of Professor, now Presi- 
dent Jordan. Had it not l)een for the exertions of the firemen, 
and the heavy rain, the other building, only ten feet from it, 
must have met the same fate. 

This calamity occurring during vacation, most of the pro- 
fessors were out of town. In the emergency, the resident 
trustees, professors and some influential citizens, met and dis- 



84 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

cussed the situation. About the beginning of August the board 
of trustees in a called session, and, with the funds in hand, 
immediately proceeded to prepare the old college building* for 
the temporary reception of the professors who had lost their 
rooms and apparatus by the recent fire. i 

It was also resolved at this meeting: of the board to select a 
new site, removed from the annoyance of the railroad, on which 
to rebuild the University. The board, after an examination of 
various situations, selected a tract of twenty acres, situate on 
the eastern border of, and overlooking the city, in what is 
known as " Dunn's woods." This they purchased from Moses 
E. Dunn, Es(p, the grandson of the original proprietor. About 
the beginning of September the Commissioners of Monroe 
County voted to donate $50,000 to the University, for the .| 
purpose of erecting buildings ; and by this generous grant, Ij 
and the money received from the insurance comi)anies, the 
trustees were enabled immediately to make preparations for 
building. Mr. George W. Bunting, of Indianapolis, was em- 
ployed as architect. At the meeting of the board in iSTovember, 
1883, the plans were submitted and adopted. Three buildings 
were at this time stipulated for. On Wednesday, April 2, 1884, 
the ground was broken. On June 10, in accordance with ar- 
rangements previously made, the corner-stone was laid. The 
day was unpropitious, and so rainy that the addresses were de- 
livered in the Methodist Church, comparatively few assembling 
to witness the actual ceremony of putting the stone in place. 
The three buildings were named Wylie Hall, Owen Hall and 
Maxwell Hall. Wylie Hall, when the main l)uilding shall be 
erected, is intended for the Department of Physics and Chem- 
istry. At present (1888), the Chemical Department occupies 
the first story, its proper place, while the second story is occu- 
pied by the Library and several other departments besides the 
Physical. 

Owen IJall Is intended for and is at present occu})it'(l by the 
Departments of Natural Science and the Museum. Maxwell 
Hall is a wooden structure. On its lower floor are the Chai)el, 
a recitation room and the ladies' room. In the second story 
are five recitation rooms. 

The commencement took place this year (1884), on June 11. 
The number of graduates was twenty-one ; the whole number of 

* The building erected in 1854-55. 




Wylie: Hall.. 




PliOto-LTiivure, by Wrii. H. BiirtDnl. In.)iai.a|if.l 



Max\a/e:l_i_ Hali — 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 85 

students, 143 ; this being the first year after the lire, compared 
with the preceding year, the diminution was only 23. 

On November 8, 1884, the resignation of Dr. Moss was for- 
mally announced to the Faculty, and also that the Rev. Elisha 
Ballantine, LL. D., had been appointed President pro tern. All 
things connected with the University went on harmoniously 
and very prosperously, considering the great losses sustained 
by the destruction of the library, the museum, the physical 
and chemical apparatus, together with the buildings in which 
were the class-rooms of four professors, showing that the stu- 
dents and friends of the University had not lost their conli- 
dence in the institution by the disaster that had befallen it. 

THE PRESIDENCY OF DR. DAVID S. JORDAN. 

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, January 1, 1885, Dr. 
David S. Jordan, Professor of Natural Scien(;e, was chosen 
President of the University, and Dr. Elisha Ballantine, vice 
President. A number of changes have been made in the man- 
agement of the Institution and the courses of study since Dr. 
Jordan's inauguration. These changes, however, have been 
made so gradually that they have not appeared either abrupt 
or ostentatious. The ordinary business of the college was car- 
ried on in the old college during the erection of the new build- 
ings. On the 3d of Heptember, 1888, to the gratification of 
all concerned, the students assembled in their new and com- 
modious halls, for prayers, lectures and recitations. Several 
new professorships have been instituted, and the Faculty in- 
creased in numbers, corresponding to the increased numbers of 
the students, and the requirements of the times. 

The principal features of President Jordan's administration 
thus far have been the following : 

" The development of special courses whereby each professor 
has some opportunity to give advanced instruction in the direc- 
tion of his specialty, and the student has an opportunity to do 
something more than to secure the mere elements of a subject. 
The arrangement of the work is such that each student has a 
wide range of choice among elective studies, while at the same 
time he is required- to take up special work of some one de- 
partment and continue it for three or four years, thus making 

7— History. 



86 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

it the b{ick-l)()iie of his education, lu the chissical course such 
thoroughness luis long been required in Greek and Latin, and 
in nothing else, while the modern substitutes for such a course 
as a rule, had no central axis, or subject to master. 

For the ari'aiigement of the studies, which may vary from 
time to time, see the annual reports of tlie LTniversity. The 
general course of stud}', which every candiihitc for the degree 
of A. B. must complete, is as follows: 

General. — English, one year, daily. 

Mathematics, one year, (hilly. 

Some one Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), 

one year, daily. 
Ancient or Modern Languages, either one language 
two years, or two languages one year each, daily. 
English Prose Composition, once a week through- 
out the course. 
Special. — Every student must select for a specialty a subject 
in which a four 3'ears' course is ottei'ed. The first 
year in each specialty is identical with some one 
of the required studies mentioned above. 
(Collateral. — The head of each department may lay out in 
connection with his course, work in related 
subjects, such required collateral work not to 
exceed six terms of daily recitations, and to 
be specially arranged for each student. 
Elective. — The remainder of his work — six terms of daily 
recitations — the student may elect from any de- 
partments in the University. 

Freshmen may first take the required general studies with- 
out selecting a specialty. The order in which the required and 
general collateral studies are taken may vary with the condi- 
tions in each case. The student is to be guided in this case by 
the advice of the President, and after choosing a s[)ecialty by 
that of the j)rofessor under whom lie desires to work. Sopho- 
mores, Juniors and Seniors must report to the professor in 
charge of the department in which they have chosen their 
specialty within a week after entering the University. They 
may change their specialty at the end of a term with the con- 
sent of the professors in the two departments concerned, but 
no changes as to the special collateral or elective studies will be 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 87 

permitted, after the beginning of a term, and no student will 
be graduated who has not finished all the work required for 
graduation in some de])artment, no matter how much work he 
may have done in other departments. 

Corresponding to the fourteen departments now fully organ- 
ized and equipped, and each offering a four years' course to be 
pursued as a specialty, there are at present fourteen courses 
leading to the degree A. B. These courses are the same in ex- 
tent and value. Each requires the same preparation for admis- 
sion, and each requires four years for completion. Each one 
requires that the student shall have followed some special line 
of study for four years. It is intended that every graduate of 
the University shall have a thorough drill in some department 
of knowledge, while breadth of culture is encouraged by means 
of certain general studies required of all students, and by a 
wide range of elective studies during the Junior and Senior 
vears." 



THE LAW SCHOOL. 



The organization of the Law School was agitated in 1835, if 
not sooner, early in the administration of the first President 
of the University. The earliest attempt to organize it as a de- 
partment of the University must have been sometime between 
1835 and 1837. A loose scrap of paper containing a note which 
the writer probably intended to transfer to the minutes has es- 
caped destruction, on whicli is the following: WM 

" JResolt-ed, That in the opinion of the board a professorship 
of law should be established, to be connected with the college. 

'' That the law term should consist of four months, from De- 
cember Ist to March 31st. 

" That the salary of the professor shall be $300, to be paid as 
other salaries of the college officers, and that he also be entitled 
to dispose of lecture tickets for his own l)enefit, the price of 
which shall not exceed $10 per term. 

^^ Hcsolced, That the board now proceed to tlie election of 
said professor." 

Mr. Foster (who was a trustee from 1835 to 1838) was ap- 
pointed teller, and on counting the votes it appeared that Isaac 
Blackford was unanimously elected professor. 

There is no further trace of Judge Blackford's professorship. 
From some notes Avliich had been taken from the old record 
book of the college, destroyed in the fire of 1883, mention is 
made of Charles Lewis having been chosen Professor of Law, 
September 20, 1837. We have no further notice of Mr. Lewis. 

At the first meeting of tlie board, after the college had been 
made a university, the following appeared on record in its pro- 
ceedings under date of September 25, 1838 : " On motion of Mr. 
Law the board proceeded to the election of a Professor of Law. 
The result of the election was tluit the Hon. Miles G. Eggleston 



HISTORY OF INDIANA IINIVP]RSITY. 89 

was unanimously elected." Mr. Eggleston declined, owing to 
circumstances over which he had no control. Application was 
then made to sevei'al distinguished jurists, but no one was 
found willing to accept. The matter was then dropped till 
1841, when Gen. Tilghman A. Howard was elected, and a very 
urgent letter was sent to the board re([uesting his acceptance. 
General Howard, however, declined this earnest recpiest. 

Al)out a year after this the names of several distinguished 
jurists were presented to the l)oard. Of this number David 
McDonald, who was a resident of Bloomington and a Judge of 
the Circuit Court, w^as duly elected, and on the following day 
his letter of acceptance was received. In tlie catalogue of 
1841-42, the first announcement of the Law School is made by 
the professor, — but it does not appear that there was any class. 
In the following year, 1843, there was a graduating class of 
live, and in 1844, of eight. In the catalogue of this year an 
announcement was made, of which the following is an extract: 
" In establishing this department it is the design of the board 
of trustees to build up a law school that will furnish to gentle- 
men, intended for the bar, a complete course of legal educa- 
tion, but since time and experience are necessary in order to 
establish such an institution on a firm basis, and to give it such 
a character as will induce its success, it has been deemed ad- 
visable to adopt merely a temporary arrangement for the pres- 
ent year. * * * It is intended that the course of study shall 
occupy four sessions ; the students will be divided into two 
classes, the Junior and Senior. * * * ^ny gentleman not 
wishing to study law as a profession may enter the Junior class 
for instruction in that part of the course which relates to inter- 
national, constitutional and commercial law. * * * The 
professor will deliver a course of lectures on international and 
constitutional law, common law and equity juris[)rudence. He 
will hold a moot court once a week in which the students will 
be exercised in drawing pleadings and arguing legal questions 
and law cases, previously given out, and on each of which he 
will afterwards deliver an opinion, as well as on the questions 
of law involved as on the manner of the arguments." 

Under the direction of Judge McDonald, the Law School 
prospered. Students from all parts of the State and some 
from other States attended the classes. 



90 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



In 1847 Ju(li;H' W. T. Otto, a graduate of the University of 
I'eMiisj'lvania, well known in tlie State for his high attain- 
ments, hotli in law and general literature, was elected as As- 
sociate Professor of Law, and entered upon his duties in 1847. 
Judge Otto resigned in 1851, and Judge McDonald in 1853. 
Judge James Hughes succeeded J udge McDonald and held the 
office two years, when he obtained leave of absence to take 
his seat in Congress. During his absence his place was sup- 
plied by Judge A. B. Carlton. On the resignation of Judge 
Hughes in 1857, Col. James R. M. Bryant was elected Professor 
of Law, and held it till 1861, when he resigned to take a po- 
sition in the army. Judge George A. Bicknell, a graduate of 
the University of Pennsylvania, succeeded Colonel Bryant, and 
continued till 1870. During the last year of his professorship 
he was assisted by John U. Pettit, of Wabash, who, having 
been elected Professor of Law, served one year. On their re- 
signation in 1870, Samuel E. Perkins, of Indianapolis, long a 
Judge of the Supreme Court, was elected to the position, and 
began his service in the session ensuing, and held the place till 
1872. At the time of the election of Judge Perkins, Bascom 
E. Rhodes was also chosen Professor of Law, and held this 
position till the close of the law school in 1877. Judge Delana 
R. Eckels, of Greencastle, succeeded Judge Perkins, who had 
resigned, and held this place for one year, when the Hon. D. 
W. LaFollette, of New Albany, took the the place of Judge 
Eckels, and in 1875, C. F. McNutt, of Martinsville, Ind., suc- 
ceeded Judge Eckels, and, associated with Professor Rhoads, 
attended to the duties of the department till its close. 

The law de])artment was in a very nourishing condition 
when it was discontinued, there being forty-one students in at- 
tendance. By reason of legislative action cutting down the 
salaries of professors to such a point that competent professors 
could not be secured, this department of the University closed 
its doors. It is gratifying, however, to state that after a dis- 
continuance of the Law School since 1876, the Trustees at a 
meeting of the Board in June, 1889, have made provision for 
the re-opening of this important department of the University 
b}'^ electing Judge David D. Banta, of Franklin, Professor of 
Law, who has now taken charge of the department. 

The Law School opened propitiously, with about thirty stu- 
dents in attendance in September, at the beginning of the col- 
lege year 1889-90. 



SKETCHES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE 
INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



DR. ANDREW VVYLIE, FIRST PRESIDENT OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Andrew Wylie was born April 12, 1789, in Western Penn- 
Hjlvania. He was the son of Adam Wylie, a native of Connty 
Antrim, in the north of Irehuid, who emigrated to this eonn- 
try about tlie year 1776, and settled in Fayette County, Pa., 
then a new country and far west. His father was a hard- 
working farmer, and his son Andrew was in his youth ac- 
customed to hard work. His early 'education was such as 
he received at the common school during the times he could 
be best spared from the labors of the farm. The early devel- 
opment of his mind was, in a great degree, due to his mother, 
who took special pains to imbue the minds of her chiklren with 
tbe spirit of piety and the love of truth. The late Dr. William 
Wylie, of Newark, 0., was one of these children. For a 
number of years Andrew Wylie was engaged in farming. 
After a hard day's work, he would spend the evening in 
storing his mind with some useful knowledge. It is to this 
vigorous exercise which he was compelled to undergo that his 
sound and healthy constitution is to be ascribed. Till his very 
last days he every day performed some manual labor out of 
doors. His favorite exercise was with the ax, in wielding 
which he had few superiors. From his childhood he was a 
great reader, reading whatever books he had access to — the 
Bible, some histories and a few religious works comprised such 
as he had to use. The writer has seen a manuscript geog- 
raphy, indicating that it had been well used, which he had 
copied, and probably modified, when a bo}^, either on account 
of the difficulty of ]>rocuring a copy, or to impress the subject 
better on his mind. When about fifteen he entered Jefterson 



92 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

College, GanoiKsbiirg, then under the Presidency of Dr. Dun- 
lap, through which he passed with great honor to himself, 
defraying his expenses by teaching or some other honest labor. 
In October, 1810, Mr. W"ylie graduated with the first honor. 
Immediately after his graduation he was appointed tutor, and 
Dr. Dunlap resigning about a year after, he was unanimously 
elected by the Board of Trustees — the Faculty approving the 
act — President of the College; thus the youngest and lowest 
of the Faculty was made its head. In the year 1817 Dr. Wylie 
resigned the Presidency of Jefferson College and accepted that 
of Washington College, in a town by the same name about 
seven miles from Canonsburg, in the hope that the two institu- 
'tions would be united. In this he was disappointed; the 
attempted union produced a series of troubles and difficulties, 
and was, no doubt, the cause of his resignation and removal. 
It was some time in the fall of 1829 that he, having been 
elected President of Indiana College, which had been char- 
tered the year before, removed to Bloomington and took 
charge of the institution, which had been organized in 1820 
and put in operation in 1824, under the name of the State 
Seminar}^, and had, just previous to the election of Dr. Wylie, 
been raised to the dignity of a college. The Seminary had 
been in active operation since 1824, under the superintendency 
of Professors Baynard R. Hall and John H. Harney. 

Very different estimates have been put on the character of 
Dr. AV^ylie. He had many strong friends, and there were also 
some bitterly opposed to him. Those intimately acquainted 
with him will not find it difficult to account for this trait of 
character. He was tolerant, and patient to a fault, of every- 
thing but meanness and du])licity. A person in whom he had 
no confidence he would keep at arms' length, and although 
policy might dictate an opposite course, he would hardly treat 
one thus regarded with common courtesy. " He would never," 
to use his own expression, "throw a sop to Cerberus." On the 
other hand, to those in whom he had confidence no one was 
more affable. There was sometimes, however, an apparent 
want of civility, a brusk manner, which doubtless was the 
cause of some bad feeling toward him on the part of students 
and others. This arose from a trait of character often found 
with deep thinkers, when they have some subject of study con- 
stantly before their uiinds. Dr. Wylie, when in this mood, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 93 

hardly noticed any one ; he would brush past his nearest friends, 
even his wife and daughters, without recognizing them. Per- 
sons not knowing this peculiarity, when thus apparently 
slighted, with feelings hurt and pride wounded, would be deeply 
and often implacably offended. 

Two characteristics of a good teacher Dr. Wylie had almost 
to perfection. He had learning and the faculty of communi- 
cating what he knew. No one understood better how to draw 
out the mind of the student. Under his training the pupil 
felt that he was really making progress and not blindly follow- 
ing a guide almost as blind as himself. Dr. W. H. McGuffey, 
of the University of Virginia, and the venerable nonagenarian, 
Dr. John W. Scott, now ('89) of Washington, D. C, and Gov. 
Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, were among his pupils before 
coming to Indiana, and General McKee Dunn and Judge An- 
drew Wylie, of Washington City, are among the earliest grad- 
uates of Indiana University. 

As a writer, Dr. Wylie was clear and terse. His Baccalaure- 
ates and published writings are evidences of this. They are 
always interesting and instructive. Dr. Parvin, Professor in Jef- 
ferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and a pupil of Dr. W., 
thus speaks of the address of Dr. Wylie : " Of those published 
by him probably that which was delivered before the Philoma- 
thean Society, of Wabash College, July, '38, the subject of 
which was: 'The propriety of retaining the Greek and Ro- 
man classics in their place as a part of study necessar}' in the 
course of a liberal education,' was most widely known, and 
won for the author the highest praise. Asher Robins, of 
Rhode Island, one of the finest classical scholars ever a mem- 
ber of our jSTational Senate, wrote to him soliciting a copy of 
the address. Daniel Webster wrote to him for the same pur- 
pose. Dr. Wylie's 'Eulogy on Lafayette,' delivered in Bloom- 
ington, elicited a letter from Webster, in which he spoke of 
the production in terms of the highest praise. Surely the stu- 
dents of Dr. Wylie are guilty of no l^lind idolatry, or no idola- 
try at all, when they declare that in ability he was one of the 
first men in all our country." 

In addition to his Baccalaureate and other addresses, Dr. 
Wylie published, in 1839, a small treatise entitled " Sectarian- 
ism is Heresy." When President ot Washington College, he 
published an " English Grammar." These and several sermons 



94 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

and some traiishitioiis from Plato, published in. a short-lived 
periodical, the^/^wa/^or, are the principal writings of Dr. Wylie 
that have been printed. He loft two works ready for the press, 
"A Treatise on Rhetoric," and one on "The Training of Youth."; 

])r. Wylie was brouglit u[) a Presbyterian, and for many: 
years was a |);istor in that denomination, and much esteemed 
by his congregation in Western Pennsylvania. In 1841 he 
connected himself with the Episcopalians, We are at a loss to 
say what led him to select this denomination when we consider 
the liberality of his views and his opposition to sectarianism. 
^ad lie been influenced either by fear or by favor, or by any 
seltish motive, a more popular and influential body of Christians 
than the Ei^iscopalians were, at that time in the State, would 
certainly have been his choice. However much some of his 
friends regretted tlie step he had taken, none of those inti- 
mately acquainted with him lost their confldence in his integ- 
rity or snspected liim of any sinister motive in making this 
change. 

His death took ])lace November 11th, 1851, a full notice of 
which is given in the History of tlie University (page 57.) 



REV. ALFRED RYORS, D. D., SECOND PRESIDENT, INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Alfred Ryors was l)orn in the city of Philadelphia, June 23, 
1812. He was left an orphan at so early an age that he scarce- 
ly remembered his ])arents. After their death he found a home 
with his father's friends in Montgomery County, Pa., with 
whom he lived till 1823. In the summer of this year, lie united 
with the Presbyterian Church, under the pastoral care of Rev. 
Robert Steel, I). D,, with whom lie began a course of classical 
study in prepai'ation for the Gosi»el ministry. Assisted by the 
kindness and liberality of friends, and especially of Dr. Steel, 
he entered the Freshman Class of Jeflerson College in 1831. 
Here he remained two years, when he left college and engaged 
as a teacher of Latin and Creek in the School of C. J. Haider- 
man, at P)ristol, I*a. Professor Halderman was an eminent 
mathematician and from him he received those lessons which 
gave direction to his future and contributed to his success as 
professor of mathematics. In the fall of 1834 he returned to 
Jeflerson College, and graduated the following year, receiving, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 95 

in a class of forty-three members, its first honors. Previously 
to taking his degree, he received and accepted the appointment 
of Principal of the Academic Department in LaFayette Col- 
lege, Easton, Pa. Here he remained only one year, having, in 
May, 1836, been elected Professor of Mathematics in the Ohio 
University. jSTotwithstanding his somewhat severe labors at 
Easton, lie found time to prosecute a course of theological 
studies with a view to his regular introduction to the Gospel 
ministry. After completing his course of study, he was licensed 
to preach by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, in the fall 
of 1838, three years after his graduation. 

Having been elected Professor of Mathematics in the Uni- 
versity of Indiana, in the fall of 1843, he resigned the chair 
which he had held in Ohio University for more than seven 
years, and removed the following spring to Bloomington, Ind., 
the seat of the State University. This position he resigned in 
1848, in order to return to the Ohio University, to the Presi- 
dency of which he had been elected. During his connection 
with the Indiana University he preached for more than two 
years to the Presbj^terians of Bloomington, and it was at the 
request of this congregation that he was ordained by the Pres- 
bytery of Salem (now iS'ew Albany Presbytery), in 1845. 

As Dr. Ryors succeeded Dr. W. H. McGruffey, that most pop- 
ular and gifted instructor of young men, he had no or- 
dinary ordeal to pass in the new and enlarged sphere of his 
labors. With what ability, zeal and success, both as a discip- 
linarian and instructor he filled this responsible position, his 
colleagues of the Faculty, as well as the students of the Uni- 
versity, bear decided testimony. It was at the first meeting 
after his return to Ohio that he received from the University 
of Indiana the degree of Doctor of Divinity. 

In the summer of 1852 he was invited to return to Indiana, 
having been elected President of the University which he had 
left tour years before. Acce})ting tlie apj)ointmcnt, he resigned 
the post he held and removed to Bloomington in the fall, to re- 
main only a year. Disap[)ointed in the condition of the Uni- 
versity, and opposed by disaffected intriguers and aspirants he 
determined to resign, and six months after his arrival he sent 
in his resignation, which, however, at the earnest request of the 
President of the board, he was induced to withdraw. At 
the next meeting of the board, at the close of the year, he 



96 HISTORY OF INOIANA UNIVERSITY. 



again resigned, and accepted the invitation to supply for a 
while the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of Madison, 
Ind. He was called by this church in the May following to be- 
come their pastor. This call he declined, though still supply- 
ing their i)ulpit. A few weeks afterwards he was elected Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics in Center College, Ky., which position 
he held till he was removed by death. May 8, 1858. 

Dr. Ryors in 1838 married Miss Louisa Walker, of Athens, 
Ohio, who still (1890) lives in Bloomington with her daughter, 
the wife of the Hon. R. W. Miers, one of the ti'ustees of the 
University. 

REV. WIEI.IAM M. DAILY, D. I)., LLD., THIRD PRESIDI]NT OK INDIANA 

UNIVERSITY. 

A¥illiam M. Daily was horn in Coshocton, ()hio, in 1812. 
This same year his fathei" moved to Indiana and settled in 
Franklin County on a farm, near Brook ville, the county seat. 
There he speirt his childhood days, attending the country school 
when there was one. Having a frail constitution, it was 
thonght when he was quite young that he would never be fit 
for manual lal)or. When he had learned all he could at the 
country school he was sent to Brookville, w^here he learned all 
that was taught there. At fifteen he left home to take charge 
of a school in an adjoining county, and began life for himself, 
which he preferred to do, althougli his father was in comforta- 
ble circumstances. He was baptized in infancy and grew up 
in the Methodist Episcopal Church. At sixteen he exhorted 
and 1 treadled, the people going for miles to hear the "boy 
preaclier," as he was called. In 1881 he joined the conference; 
in 1888 he was ordained deacon; in 1835, elder. While dis- 
charging all the duties the church recpiired of him as a minis- 
ter, which were very laborious in those days, he ke])t up his 
studies, rising at four o'clock in the morning, that he might 
get a few hours at his books. In 1835-36 he was stationed at 
Bloomington, Indiana, where he discharged the duties of pastor 
and student in the Indiana LTuiversity, graduating in 1836. In 
1837 he was agent of tlie Preacher's Aid Society. In 1838 he 
was transferred to the Missouri Conference, and stationed in 
St. Louis. Soon after he was elected a professor in St. Charles 
College. He remained in Mis,souri till 1840, when he returned 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 97 

to Indiana in broken health, suffering from hemorrhage of the 
kings. Having improved in health, in 1843, at the suggestion 
of Bishop Ames he was called to take charge of a congregation 
in Madison, Indiana. Here he met and was married to Miss 
Permelia A. Northcraft. In the winter of 1844-45 Mr. Daily 
was chaplain in the United States Congress, after which he was 
stationed at Rising Sun and Evansville. At this time he was 
made agent for Indiana Ashurv (now HePauw) University, and 
aftei-wards I*residing Elder of the Bloomington and Madison dis- 
tricts. In 1852 Dr. Daily was a member of the general confer- 
ence. In 1853 he was elected President of the Indiana Univer- 
sity, when, after six years of hard labor, he resigned and returned 
to Madison in 1859. In 1862 he was appointed hospital chaplain 
at St. Louis, by President Lincoln, which position he held till 
the close of the war in 1865, when, as he was desirous of going 
south, at the request of General Yates he was appointed special 
mail agent. 

He received the degree of A. M. in course from Indiana Uni- 
versity, and the honorary degree A. M. from Augusta College, 
Kentucky, during the presidency of Biship Bascom. He re- 
ceived the degree of D. D. from Indiana University in 1851, 
and LL. J), some years afterwards from the University of Louis- 
ville. 

Dr. Daily l)ecame connected with the Louisiana Conference 
in January, 1869, and was appointed to the Baton Rouge Dis- 
trict, and afterwards to the Upper Coast District. On each of 
these lie served a term of four years. He was next appointed 
to the North New Orleans District. Not long after this ap- 
pointment lie was taken seriously ill, and in a few days departed 
this life. A few months after his death his remains were re- 
moved to Madison, Indiana, his old home. 

Dr. Daily, during his connection with the University, deliv- 
ered a number of Baccalaureates -which were published. A 
volume of his sermons was published in Cincinnati.* 

*Taken from the account published in the minutes ot the M. E. Conference. 



98 UISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



.KUIN l[. l.ATIIKOl', FOURTH PRESIDENT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

.lohn Iliram Lutliroj), tlie fourth President of Indiana Uni- 
versity was ])orn in iSlierbnrne, Clienango County, X. Y., Jan- 
uary 22, 1799. He was fitted for college after the manner of 
the day hy a neighboring clergyman, and entered Hamilton 
College in 1815. After the second year he availed himself of 
the larger op|)ortunities of Yale Callege, entered its Junior 
Class and received his degree in 1819, in standing the saluta- 
torian of the class. He accepted a tutorship in Yale, and thus 
obtained means for prosecuting the study of law in the Law 
Department of that Institution. He, however, tinding the 
practice of the law uncongenial, decided to give his energies 
to the cause of education. He taught in various parts of New 
England, presided over a military academy at ]!*Torwich, Conn., 
and later over the Gardiner Lyceum, of Gardiner, Maine. In 
1829 he w^as called to Hamilton College as Professor of Mathe- 
matics and i^atural Philosophy. From this institution he re- 
ceived the degree of LL. I). In 1833 he married Miss Frances 
E. Lotlirop, of Utica, X. Y., a niece of President Kirkland, of 
Harvard College. In 1885 he was advanced to the Professor- 
shi[> of Law, Civil Polity and Political Economy, in Hamilton 
College. In 1840 he was elected first President of the Pni- 
versity of Missouri, at Columbia. Dr. Latliro[), though aware 
of the great sacrifice he made in leaving the East for this new 
and uncultivated field in the AYest, determined to accept the 
new trust, and after a journey of six weeks, he reached the 
remote station. Xotwithstanding the fact that the Fniversity 
of which he was chosen President existed only in the a[i[)ro- 
priation of land made by Congress, Dr. Lathro}» succeeded in 
calling it into real life, organizing it and making it a perma- 
nent and |tromising institution, with buildings unusually sub- 
stantial for the })eriod, and etpiipped with an able corps of 
instructors. When the slave agitation l)egau in Missouri, 
which affected even educational establishments. President Lath- 
rop, an unswerving friend of freedom, felt it due to himself to 
resign the charge he had so successfully conducted in Missouri. 
In 1849 he iiccepted the Chancellorship of Wisconsin Univer- 
sity, at Madison. After ten years' service in ]\Lidisou, he was 
induced to accept the twice-offered Presidency of Indiana Uni- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 99 

V:ei'sity. After a year's service in that institution he received 
an iuvitation to a Professorshij) in the University of Missouri, 
wiiich lie had been instrumental in, founding, preferring a Pro- 
fessorshi]) to the cares of administration. In 1860 he returned 
to Columbia, Missouri, and in 18(;i5 he was a second time chosen 
President. By an attack of ty]thoid fever, he died in the midst 
of ;his labors in 1866. (Abridged from the Missouri Volume 
of.Uuited 8tates l)iogra]>hies t)f eminent self-made men.) 



KtiV.- CYRUS NUTT, I). D., LL. D., FIFTH PRESIDENT OF INDIANA UNIVER- 
■ SITY. 

('Vrus Nutt was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, September 
4, 1814. He graduated at Allegheny College, Meadville, I'enn- 
sylvania, in 1831, and commenced his educational labors as 
Principal of the Pre})aratory Department of his Ahna Mater. 
He was, not long after, called to a similar position in Indiana 
Asbury (now DePauw) University, at Greencastle, Indiana. 
While at the latter place he was licensed to preach the Gospel. 
In 1887 he was elected Professor of Languages, and in 1841 
he was made Professor of the Greek language and Literature, 
and also of Hebrew. This post he occupied till the fall of 
1843, when he took pastorial work in the Indiana Conference, 
and was a])pointed to Bloomington Station. Here he remained 
two years, wlien he removed to Salem. In the fall of 1848 he 
was re-elected to his former position in Asbury University. In 
1849 he was chosen President of Fort Wayne Female College. 
In tlie following year he accepted the Presidency of White- 
water College. After live years' service in this situation he 
resigned in order to resume his work in the ministry. In 1855 
he was a]>})ointed Presiding Elder in the Richmond District. 
In the fall of 1857 he was elected Professor of Mathematics in 
Asbury University, and while in this department, for nearly 
two years he was the acting President, till the inauguration of 
President (afterward, Bishop Bowman). In 1859 Allegheny 
College, his Ahna Mater, conferred on him the degree of Doctor 
of Divinity. In 1860 he was elected President of Indiana Uni- 
versity, which ])Ost he held till the end of the college year, 
1874-75. 



100 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

The writer of this sketch of Dr. Nutt became acquainted 
with him in 1843, when he was pastor of the Bloomington M. 
E. Church. As a pastor, he was earnest, diligent and faith- 
ful, and courteous in his intercourse with all. In 1860 he was 
called to preside over the University as the successor of Dr. 
Lathrop. In this important post it can truthfully be said that 
in many excellent traits of character he was surpassed by 
none. He was diligent in his work and in his attention to the 
duties of his office, laboring wholly in the cause of religion 
and sound education. 

In the year 1873 the honorary degree of LL. D. was con- 
ferred upon him by the University of Missouri, and also the 
same year by Hanover College, Indiana. For his adniinistra- 
tiou as president, see the accompanying history of the Univer- 
sity (p. 71). 

Dr. Nutt married Miss Amanda Standiford, of Greeucastle, 
April 26, 1838. He died a few weeks after his resignation, 
August 24, 1875. and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, at 
Greencastle. 



REV. LEMUEL MOSS, D. D., SIXTH PRESIDENT OF INDIANA UNIVKKSITY. 

Lemuel Moss was born in BuUettsville, Ky., December 27, 
1829. Was educated at Rochester University, X. Y., receiving 
the degree, A. B., in 1858. He graduated at the Rochester 
Theological seminary, 1860. The honorary degree of D. D. 
was conferred by his Alma Mafer in the year 1868. From the 
year 1860 to 1864 Dr. Moss w^as pastor of the First Baptist 
Church, Worcester, Mass. In 1864 he became Secretary 
of the United States Christian Commission. From 1865 to 
1868 he w^as Professor of Systematic Theology in the Uni- 
versity of Lewisburgh, l*a. From 1868 to 1872 editor of the 
"National Baptist" and Professor of Xew Testament Inter- 
pretation in Crozier Theological Seminary, Upland, Pa., and in 
1874—5 President of Chicago University. In 1875 Dr. Moss 
was elected President of Indiana University. Before entering 
Rochester University, in 1853, his life was spent as follows : 
About four years in his native State, Kentucky. He then lived 
ten years in Dearborn County, Ind. The rest of the time i»re- 
vious to 1853, in Ohio, principally in Cincinnati, as a printer. 




OWEIM HA.1_U. 




PUoto-gravure, by Wm. B. Burf.ird, [ii.liaua|ic.l 



"The: librarv. 



HiyTURY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



101 



Dr. jVlt)ss8 was tlio autlKtr of the "Annuls of the Christian Com- 
mission," a hiry;e 8vo. xohime, the editor of tlie " Baptist and 

ithe Centenary, 1876," and tlie writer of various reviews and 
magazine articles. As a man of excellent literar}' attainments 

|Dr. M. had few superiors. He had also fine administrative 

[abilitv. He resi^-ned in Xove)nl)er, 1884. 



IDAVID S. JORDAN, LL. D., SEVENTH PRESIDENT (IF INDIANA UNIVER- 
SITY. 



David kStarr -Jordan was hoin Januarv li>, 1851, at Gaines- 
Iville, Wyoming County, N. Y. He was hrong'lit up on a farm, 
iHis father, Hiram Jordan, was born at Moriali, X. Y. ; 
'his mother, Huldah Hawley, at Whitehall, X. Y. Their son 
David s<^()n showed his lo\o for natural science. At an early 
age he was a botanist, and to gratify this taste he })repared for 
college, taking his lirst lessons in Gainesville Female Seminary. 
In 1869, he entered Cornell University and graduated in 1872 
with the Master's degree, M. S. In 1875 he received the degree 
of M. D. from Indiana Medical (V^llege, Pli. D. from Butler 
University in 1877, and LL. ]). from Cornell University in 
1886. In 1871-2 he was Instructor in Botany at Cornell ; in 
1878 I*rofessor of Biology in Lombard University, Galesburg, 
111.; in 1874 Instructor in Botany in the Anderson School of 
Natural History at Penikese ; in 1875 in the Harvard Summer 
School of Geology at Cumberland Gap. In 1878-4 Dr. Jordan 
was also Principal of the Collegiate Institute at Ap})leton, 
Wis., and in the following yeai', 1874-5, Teacher of Science in 
the Indianapolis High School. From 1875 to 187!> he was Pro- 
fessor of Biology in Butler University, Irvingt<^n, Ind., and 
from 1879 to 1885 Professor of Biology in Indiana rniversity, 
and was elected President of Indiana University at the close of 
1884, entering upon his duties in this office January 1, 1885. 

In 1877 Dr. Jordan became scientific assistant to the U. S. 
Fish Commission, and under its auspices explored South Caro- 
lina, Georgia and Tennessee, and in the foUoAving year Xorth 
Carolina, and 1880, California, Oregon and Washington, He 
at the same time was special agent of the U. S, Census Bureau, 
in charge of the investigation of marine industi'ies of the 
Pacific, 

8— History. 



102 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITV. 

Ill 1882 lie explored Lake Superior, in 1886 the Adiroiidacks^ 
and also Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas; in 1888, Vir- 
ginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas; in 18>^0. Colorado. Utah 
and AVvomino-. 

Dr. Jordans seieiititic [»apers are ehietiy on lishes. They 
number 250 titles, and are for the most part published by the 
IT. 8. Fish Commission, the U. S. Xational Museum, and the 
Smithsonian Institute. In very many of these Dr. Charles H. 
Gill)ert is associated as collaborator. Tlie principal are, "Man- 
ual of Vertebrates," now (1889) in its tifth edition ; " Science 
Sketches," in 1888; 'sSynopsis of Fishes of Xorth America," 
published 1883; "Review of the Flounders of Xorth America 
and Europe," in 1889: "Review of the Sciwuidae,'' in 1889: 
" The Octroi at Issoire," 1888; " Catalogue of Xorth American 
Fishes," 1885. 

Dr. Jordan visited Europe in 1879. 1881, 1883, 188(5. and 
studied in the museums of Paris and London. Since the com- 
mencement of Dr. Jordan's Presidency, and chiefly through his 
influence, the college course and general administration have 
been to a great extent remodeled, the number of professors 
increased, and a greater opportunity given to students for pur- 
suing special studies and for }>ractical work in the laboratories 
and in the fleld. 

Dr. Jordan married Susan Bowen, daughter of Mr. S. S. 
Bowen, of Hinsdale, Mass., March 10. 1875. Mrs. Jordan died 
Xovember 15, 1885. He subsequently (August 10, 1887.) mar- 
ried Jessie L. Knight, daughter of Mr. Charles S. Knight, of 
Worcester, Mass. 



THE PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS. 



IJAYNARD RUSH HALL 

Was born in Philadelpliia, Pa., in 1793 and graduated at Union 
College, N. Y. Moved to Indiana, then in the far west, about 
1824; was ordained minister of the gospel in 1825; was the 
first Principal of the Indiana Seminary in 1824, and when the 
seminary received tlie college charter in 1828, Mr. Hall was 
elected Professor of Ancient Languages. This position he re- 
signed in 1831. From Bloomington he removed to Bedford, 
Pa., where he opened a school, and became the stated supply of 
the church in that place. He continued there till 1838, Avhen 
he removed to Bordentown, N. J., from Bordentown he re- 
moved to Trenton, from thence to Poughkee})sie, X. Y., and 
from thence to Xewlmrgh, X. Y., in all of which places he 
taught school and }»reached the gospel. Finally he Avas chosen 
Principal of Park Institute, Brooklyn, and pastor of the Re- 
formed (I)utcli) Church. He died in Brooklyn, X. Y., January 
23, 1863. 

JOHN HOPKINS HARNEY 

Was born in Bonrljon ('ounty, Kentucky, February 20, 1806. 
He was left an ori)han wliile quite young, and was taken into the 
family of Judge Benjamin Mills, his father's cousin, and law 
partner of Henry C\i\y, and by him brought up with his own* 
sons. Mr. Harney spent six months at Miami University, 
where he graduated in 1827, receiving the degree of A. B., and 
in 1831 the degree A. M, Soon after his graduation he walked 
from Oxford, O., to Bloomington, and applied for the position 
of teacher of Mathematics in the State Seminary, lately estab- 
lished. He received the appointment desired. When the 
Seminary became the College of Indiana, Mr. Harney was 
elected Professor of Mathematics and Xatural Science. This 
position he occupied till 1832. Removing to Hanover he was 
elected Professor of Matliematics and Astronomy. Four years 
afterward he was made Professor of Xatural Philosophy and 
Chemistry and Geology. On leaving Hanover he went to Louis- 
ville, Ky., and became Professor of Civil Engineering in the Col- 



104 TILSTORY OF INDIANA UNIVPiRSITY. 

legiate institute of that city, lii this Institute lie was associated 
with Noble Butler, its l*j'otessor of Languages. From 1837 to 
1844 I^rofessor Ilaruev was editor of the Louisville ])eruoerat, 
which, under his editorship, heeaine an influential and popular 
paper. Professor Harney, before coming to Bloomington? 
married Miss Wallace, a daughter of Rev. Mr. Wallace, a Pres- 
byterian minister of Kentucky, and sister of William K. Wal- 
lace, a student of tlie college, and a poet of some re[>iitation in 
those days. When Professor Harney first came to Ploomington 
he was under the care of the l*resl)ytery, being a candidate for 
the ministi'v. vSoon after leaving Hanover he left the Presby- 
terian C'hurcli, and joined a small local sect known as the 
Wilderites. Afterward he became an Inde[»endent, setting up 
for himself, and for sometime he preached in Louisville. About 
six months l>ef(»re he died he was received into the Episcopal 
Church. His death took j»lace at Louis\ilk'. Ky.. .lanuary 2H, 
1868. 

The M'riter of this sketch is indebted for nearly all the sta- 
tistics to tlie General Catalogue of Alumni of Hanover Collegg, 
furnished through the courtesy of Professor Oarritt. and for 
the genei'al infoi-mation to .ludge D. D. Banta. 

BEAl'MONT PARKS, A. M. 

I'rtdcssor Beaumont Parks was born January, 1775, at Nor- 
wich, Conn., and, entering Dartmouth College at the tlose of the 
last century, he graduated about 1802 and received the degree of 
A. M. For ten years he }>racticed law, and in 1821 removed to 
Madison, Ind., and thei'e opened one of the first classical sehools 
Avest of the Alleghenies. After about ten years of successful 
teaching in Madison he was elected Professor of Languages in 
the Indiana I niversity, which position he held for seven years.* 
Remo\'ing to Sjti'iugfield, 111., he o[)ened a ]>ri\'ate acad'emy, 
which was sujiported by the lea<ling citizens of that place. 
The fact that many of his ]iupils have l>et-ome eminent in the 
learned professions and in business attests his fidelity as a 
teacher. Aftei- a faithful service of twenty years, old age com- 
pelled him to reliu(piish his- chosen pursuit, spending his de- 
clining years with bis ehildren. He died at the residence of 
his son. Judge S. C. J*arks, A[)ril 8, 1870, without an hour's 
sickni'ss. in the Obtli year of his age. 

*'By act ot the Legislature of January 2o, 1827, Beaumont Parka wa.» made one of the 
Board of Visitors of Indiana Seminary. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 105 



EBENEZER NEWTON ELLIOTT, 

Born November 2, 1805, in Oliester District, vS. C, gi-uduated 
at Miami University, Oxford, O., in 1830, receiving therefrom 
the degrees of A. B. and A. M. Professor Elliott received the 
honorary degrees of Ph. D. and LL. D. from Lewisbnrg Uni- 
versity, Pa., and also from Oakland College, Miss. He was 
elected Professor of Mathematics and Physics in Indiana Uni- 
versity in 1832. In 1836 he was chosen President of Missis- 
sippi College, and snbseqnently was President of Oakland Sci- 
entific School and I'resident of Planters" College; also, of 
Ghent College and Washington Scientilic School. Professor 
Elliott was a minister in the Southern Presbyterian Church 
and a surgeon in the Confederate army. He was the compiler 
and in part authoi' of a large work published in Augusta, Ga., 
entitled " Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments." In 
additicMi to this he contril^nted articles to various periodicals 
and was the author of many public addresses. Dr. Elliott 
married Mrs. Ann Nasby Willis October 2, 1832, in Boone 
County, Ky. Mrs. Willis was the daughter of Colonel John 
Grant, a nephew of Daniel Boone. Colonel Grant was a noted 
nnm in the early history of Kentucky, and Grant County was 
named for him. Dr. Elliott, now in his eighty-fourth year, is 
the sole survivor of his family. He lives with his brother and 
still enjoys life. His handwriting shows no sign of senility; 
he keeps well posted in the theology, literature, science and 
politics of the day, and enjoys visiting his friends and pedes- 
trian rambles, waiting patiently till called to the eternal woi-ld. 

WILLIAiM RICHARD HAR1)IN(J 

Was born near Charleville, County Cork, Ireland, December 
21, 1795. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, with distin- 
guished honor. He was a " prize man," a rank corresponding 
to senior wrangler in the English universities. Mr. Harding 
came to America in May, 1836. In the same year he was 
elected principal of the Preparatory Department of Indiana 
College. On Ane-ust 18, 1838, after a little more than a year's 
service, he died. Prof. Harding received his degree of A. M. 
from Augusta College. Though but a short time connected 
with the colleo'e, he had shown his excellence as a scholar and 



106 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. ^ 

ability as a dieeipliiiariaii. His nephew, Prof. Harding, of Le- 
high University, says of him: "He was a man of decided lit- 
erary tastes and fond of writing. He wrote many short pieces, 
poems, etc., some of wliich gained extensive circulation through 
tlie country." 

Prof. Harding, of Lehigh, also mentions as an interesting 
fact, stated in one of his nephew's letters from Bloomington, 
tliat there were two of his pupils commencing Latin, who went 
through the whole preparatory course, commencing with His- 
toriae Sacrae. In addition to this they read Viri Romae, Cfesar 
and Sallust in the unprecedented time of ninety days' recita- 
tion. One of these was Chas. H. Hardin, of Columbia, Mo., 
and tlie other Edward Farqubai", of Logansport, Ind. 

AUGUSTUS WASHINGTON RUTER. 

Prof. Puter was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 22, 1811. 
He was the son of Rev. Dr. Martin Ruter. Prof. Ruter was a 
graduate of Augusta College, Ky., of the class of 1830, receiv- 
ing the degrees A. B. and A. M. in course. Soon after gradua- 
tion he engaged in teaching, and in 1836 was elected Professor 
of Greek and French in the Indiana University, and remained 
there till 1838. On leaving Bloomington he went to Wheel- 
ing, W. A'a., and o})ened a female seminary. Continuing a few 
years in Wheeling, he I'emoved to Pittsl)nrg, Pa., and com- 
menced the study of law. During his stay in Pittsburg he 
compiled a concordance or index to the laws of Pennsylvania. 
This was published by Alden & Fox, and is now in general use. 
In 1855 he moved to Texas, seeking a more congenial climate. 
He there was made President of Soule University, Chapel 
Hill, Texas. Prof. Ruter's health failing, he Avent to Lampasas 
Springs, where he died of consumjttion in 1869. Prof. Ruter 
was a memV)er of the M. E. Chui'cli. 

TllEol'llIlAS ADAM WYLIE 

AVas boni Octol)er 8. 18Pt. in riiiladelpliia. Pa. He was the 
son of Rev. Samuel Brown W'ylic, D. D., and Margaret Wat- 
so)i Wylie. He received his early education at the English 
Ai-ademy of Rev. Dr. S. W. Crawford, and commenced his 
classical I'ducation at the scboi)! of ^Vvlic i^' Euii'les, Phihulel- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 107 

pliia. He entered the Junior Class of tlie University of Penn- 
sylvania at its reorganization in 1828, under the Presidency of 
Dr. DeLancy. At the same time his father, Dr. S. B. Wylie, 
was elected Professor of Languag-es. He graduated in 1880, 
receiving the degrees A. B. and A. M. in course. Shortly after 
graduation he was one of the teachers in the Academy of the 
University of which Dr. Crawford was Principal. He hecame 
a student in the Theological Seminary of the K. P. Church, 
and in 183(3 was licensed to preach. In the same year, after 
some corres})ondence with the Board of Trustees of Indiana 
College and its President, Dr. A. Wylie, he was ottered a Pro- 
fessorship in Indiana University, and at his own request was 
elected pro tern. Professor of N^atural Philosophy and Chem- 
istry. In the spring of 1837 he left Philadelphia, and after ten 
days' journey reached the University in April, and commenced 
work at the opening of the second term, May 1. After a 
year's service he was made a permanent member of the Fac- 
ulty. In 1852 he received an invitation to a Professorship in 
Miami University, Oxford, O., which was then in a flourishing 
state and looking u[), while the Indiana University at that time 
was looking in the ()i)posite direction. After remaining two 
and a half years at Miami he received an invitation to return 
to Bloomington to his former position in tlie University, then 
recovering from its severe calamity, the destruction of its main 
building in 1854, under the administration of President Daily. 
With various changes from Professor of Natural Philosophy 
and Chemistry to Professor of Languages, and in three years 
after, transferred to the chair of Natural Philosophy, he' 
continued in the active service of the University till 1886, 
when he received the honorary title of " Emeritus," which lie 
still ('89) holds. Professor Wylie, during the annual showers 
of honorary degrees, was not missed. He received from 
Miami University the degree D. D., and a year later from Mon- 
mouth College, and the following year from Princeton College, 
]Sr. J., the same honorary title, and shortly after LL. D. from 
his Alma Mater. Prof. T. A. Wylie married Miss Rebecca 
Dennis, of Germantown, now in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., 
Nov. 5, 1838. They celebrated their golden wedding Nov. 5, 
1888, receiving, among other kind remembrances, a valual)le 
souvenir from the Faculty of the University. 



108 Hl.STORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



JAMES FINDLEY DODOS, A.M., M. I)., 

Was l)()i'ii November 1, 1807, in Lincoln County, Kentiu-ky, 
and reeeived his earlv education in the sclioolss of his native 
county, in part, and in the scliools of Bh)oniington, liis parents 
moving to this phice when he was in his thirteenth year. Dr. 
Dodds was among the tirst teacliers in tlie Preparatory' Depart- 
ment of the College. He graduated in 1834. In 1837 he was 
elected Professor of Mathematics. He did not long hold this 
position, owing to some linancial and other dithcnities in the 
College. That no fault was found with Professor Dodds is 
shown by the following resolution of the Board, passed Aju'il, 
1840, on motion of Governor. William Hendricks : ''Itemlved^ 
That the Board of Trustees think it due to James F. Dodds, 
foi" some time Professor in the University, to testity to his in- 
dustry and tidelity in tilling the duties of his ofhce. His dis- 
mission was not on jiccount of any fault alleged against liini, 
but as a nnitter of expediency, resulting from the very ))eculiar 
circumstances in which it took place."' After leaving l)lo(>m- 
ington he studied medicine in the Louisville Medical College, 
and also with Dr. Mitchell, of Corydon, with whom lu' prai'- 
ticed medicine foi" a yeai' or two. On liis return to Blooming- 
ton, he continue<l a practitioner in Monroe County till his death, 
which took place December 7, 1886. The funeral was arranged 
to take place on Thursday aftern(K)n. On the nu)rning of 
Thursday his wife, who had l)een sick for some time, died, and 
the funeral was postponed till Saturday in order that she urtght 
he laid to rest witli him. The [teculiarly solemn fuireral ser- 
vices were conducted in the Presl)yterian chui-ch, after which 
both were buried in the same grave. In December, 1888, Dr. 
Dodds had married Miss Mary Wylic, daughter of Rev. An- 
drew Wylie, D. D. 

PROFESSOR .lACOl! AM. MEN. 

Jacob Aniiiicii was l)oi'n in Botetourt County, \'irginia, was 
four years a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, West J*oint 
(from July 1, 1S27, to July 1, 1831), when he was graduated, 
and promoted in the army to second lieutenancy, 1st artillery: 
afterward served at the military academy as Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics and Assistant Listructor in [nfantry 
Tactics for about n year, when he was ordered to tln' garrison 



HISTOKV OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 109 

at CliJirlestoii Harbor, S. C, during iSoutli Carolinas tliroatoiied 
uulliticatiou. He was stationed at Fort Trumbull, Conn., 
18)33-4. Recalled to A\^est Point, lie was, from 183(3-7, Assist- 
ant Professor of Mathematics, and part of the time Principal 
Assistant Professor of Natural Philosophy, with the rank of 
First Lienteiumt in the First Artillery. Kesig-ning liis militaiw 
[)osition, he was elected Professor of Mathematics in Paeon 
CV)llege, Georgetown, Ky. He continued here till 1839. In 
the following year lie was Professor of Mathematics in -Jeffer- 
son College, Miss. In 1840 he was elected Professor of Matlie- 
nnitics in tlie Indiana University, where he continued till 1843, 
and again returned to Jefferson C<^llege, ■\liss., where he re- 
mained till 1848, and from thence he removed to Georgetown, 
Ky., filling the chair of Mathematics and Astronomy in the 
college at that [>lace. After leaving Georgetown, he was em- 
ployed as a civil engineer at Ripley Ohio (from 1855-61). At 
the t)utbreak of the Rebellion, Professoi" Ammen again took 
up the swoi'd. IP' organized a c-omjiany of volunteers for the 
Twelfth Ohio, of which he was captain, April 18, 18(31. In 
May he was promoted to the Lieutenaut-Colouelcy, an<l in 
June, following, was commissioned Colonel of the T^\•^■nty- 
tourtli Ohio Volunteers. He served in the Virginia cam}>aign 
in 18(31, was engaged in the battle of Cheat Mountain, Sei»tem- 
ber 12, and in the action at Greenlirier, ()ctober 3. In the 
Tennessee and Mississippi campaign of 1862, he commanded a. 
brigade, and was engaged in the battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 
1862. The Comte de Paris, in his history of the war, highly 
praises the brigade of which Colonel Ammen was the organizer 
and commander. Colonel Ammen was made Brigadier-General, 
L^. S. Volunteers, after this campaign. He was also in the ad- 
vance upon, and at the siege of Corinth (April 8, 1862), and 
on the nnirch tlirough north Alabama, and tlie movement at 
Louisville, Ky., with the army of the Ohio. In 1862-3 he was 
placed in command at Covington, Ky., and afterward of Camp 
Pennison, 0., of C-amp Douglas, Ills., and of the District of 
Illinois, and in 1864, of the Districts of Middle Tennessee and 
Kentucky, and was in command of the District of East Ten- 
nessee till January, 1865, when he resigned. Since his resig- 
nation he has been County Surveyor of Hamilton County, O., 
and County Engineer. In 1874, in company with other offi- 
cers of the army, he made an examination of the routes that 



110 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

had bot'ii surveyed for the inter-oceanic* canal. At present 
(1884) he is a snccessfnl fiirmer at Beltsville, Md., and a 
near neighbor of his distinguished brother, Rear- Admiral 
Ammen. 

(Compiled principally from General Cullum's Biographical Register of the 
Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy.) 

MATTHEW MONROE CAMPBELL 

Was born near Cuinl)erhui(l (ii\\), Tennessee, November 12, 
1810. In 1818 the family moved from the Gap and settled on 
the hirge military claim which covered the southeast quarter 
of the city of Louisville, Ky. In 1829 he came to Blooming- 
ton, attracted there by the reputation of Dr. Andrew Wylie — 
who in the preceding year was made President of the Univer- 
sity, and became a student under him, with a view to entering 
the ministry. He did not graduate till after the seventh year 
of his arrival in Bloomington. During one of these years he 
taught and for the last two years he assisted in the preparatory 
dei)artment, at the same time keeping up the studies of his 
class. In 1836 he graduated Avith honor and with a high re}>u- 
tation for a devout and consistent piety. Soon after gradu- 
ating, he married Miss Martlia McPheeters, and in 1837 he took 
a school in Mississippi at a salary of $1,200 a year. In 1840 he 
was called to take cliarge of the preparatory department of 
Indiana University, and though the salary was but $500, he, 
thi'ough his attachment to Dr. Wylie, whom he regarded as 
his personal friend, accepted the ofier and hastened to return. 
Instead of finding a full faculty and only the usual amount of 
work, he found Init two professors — death and a college cyclone 
had swept olf all the others — and thus the work of six men de- 
volved upon himself and the other tw^o. On the ground of his 
assisting so frequenth* in teaching the regular college classes, 
he was made adjunct Professor of Languages. In 1853, his 
health failing, lie retired to his farm. In 18(33 he w^as called to 
till a vacancy in the chair of languages, occasioned by the resig- 
mition of Prof. Ballantine. In 1859 Mr. Campbell was agent for 
tlie Auierican Bildc Society in Kansas, during wliich he exer- 
cised his talent as a lay-iuviicliei' of the gospel in the different 
l»laces he visited. The famine and drought which prevailed in 
Kansiis in iStiO tci'minatcd tliis aircncv. In 1861 he I'eceived 



HISTORY OF INDIANA IXIVERSITY. Ill 

from Governor Morton a chaplain's commission for the Eighty- 
second Regiment Indiana Vohinteers, a position unsolicited I)y 
him. Not l^eing an ordained preacher hnt only an elder in the 
Presbyterian chnrch, he felt himself nnqnalitied to accept. 
As he was directed to report immediately to headqnarters, , 
and as it was impossible to convene the Presbytery immedi- 
ately, he applied to the Methodist Conference, then in session 
in Bloomington, which courteously received him and immedi- 
ately licensed him to preach, regarding his Presbyterian ordi- 
nation as snfRcient. He immediately joined his regiment and 
continued with it till the end of the war. Prof. CampbelTs 
last public service was as superintendent of the public 
schools of Monroe County, Ind., which office he held for four 
years ; and now, a widower, without a home of his own, at the 
homes of his son and daughter, he spends his time teaching 
and training his grandchildren and other children, with the 
hope that they may become good and useful members of 
society. During three or four years past (since 1884) he has 
been nearly blind, l)ut notwithstanding this great disadvantage, 
he has been laboring earnestly to direct the attention of onr 
statesmen and people to the importance and advantage of cor- 
recting the orthography of the English language, showing, in 
several letters which he has published, the great saving of time 
there would be in the education of children and the advantage 
that there would be to all, even to the educated, in not being 
obliged to consult a dictionary for the correct spelling of a 
Avord. Prof. Campbell has published a number of open letters, 
calling the attention of statesmen and teachers and the public 
in general to the importance of the reform in the orthography 
and orthoepy which he proposes to make, and which he con- 
siders worthy of the attention of the rulers of the English 
speaking people in all parts of the world. 

JOHN IRWIN MORRISON, 

Born July 25, 1806, near Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa. 
He had for his teachers in early youth the Rev. Samuel W. 
Crawford, D. D., afterward Principal of the Academy of the 
University of Pennsylvania, the Rev. Charles B. McKee and 
Rev. Robert Lusk, ministers of the Reformed Presbyterian 
Church. Mr. Morrison removed to Indiana in 1826, and set- 



112 HJSTOKY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

tied in AViishiiiutoii (V)unty. lie pursued bis studies in Miami 
University, Ohio, and graduated there in 1829. Mr. Morrison 
was tlie founder of the Salem Fenuile Institute in 1835. In 1839 
he was elected State Representative. In 1840 he was Profes- 
sor of Languages in the Indiana University, which place he 
occupied till 1843. From 1S4(; till 1855 he was a Trustee of the 
University, part of the time the President of the Board. In 
1847-50 he was elected State Senator, and was appointed by 
the Senate, senatorial delegate to the constitutional eonventiouj 
was chairman of the Committee on Education, and drafted sub- 
stantially the article on education. Mr. Morrison has also the 
honor of being the author of section 8 of the law which cre- 
ated the office of " State Superintendent of Public Instruction." 
From 1856 to 1860 he was Treasurer of Washington Countv. 
During the war of the rebellion he way United States Ooinmie- 
sioner, and from 1865 to 1867 Treasurer of State. In 1872 he 
removed from Indianapolis to Knightstown, Henry C^ounty, 
Ind. In that place he was J^resident of the School Board from 
1874 to 1877. Again we tind him, in 1874-78, President of the 
Board of Trustees of Indiana University, taking an active part 
in fitting up the new building for the different departments 
which were to occupy it. Mr. Morrison united with the Pres- 
byterian Church at Salem in 1830, under the ministry of the 
Rev. Benjamin (^ressey. In 1832 he was married to Catherine 
Morris, daughter of Benoni Morris, of Washington County, 
Ind. John I. Morrison died at his home in Knightstcnvn. Ind., 
July 17, 1882. 

DAVID m" DONA LI) 

Was horn in the year 1803, on MeBrides Run, near Millers- 
burg, Bourbon County, K}'. In 1817, when he was fourteen 
years old, his parents removed to Indiana and settled in Daviess 
County, not tar from Washington. In addition to tlie ele- 
mentary instruction he received in Kentucky, he attended the 
school of Rev. C^yrus Mclntire for a short time, where he re- 
ceived some instruction in Grammar aud Rhetoric. This is 
about all the regular schooling he had. As he Avas fond of 
reading and had a disposition to study, he found means to 
gratify his taste foi- literature and tlie study of langiiage. His 
future i-ai'eer has shown with what suci'Css. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA TNIVERSITY. 113 



111 1820 lie connected liiiunelf with tlie religious hody tlien 
known as Xew Liglits, was licensed to preach, and officiated 
in this ca])acitv for a numher of vears with s;reat zeal. At the 
beginning of the year 1880 he coinnienced the study of law, 
devoting a certain number of hours every day to tiiis work. 
At this time he also had charge of a school. In 1880 lie was 
admitted to the bar. During the first yeai' of his jiractice his 
income amounted to about $250, but after this his practice was 
always remunerative. In 1888 he was elected to the Legisla- 
ture from the counties of Daviess and Martin, and in this year 
he was admitted to j)ractice in the Supi'cme Court of Indiana. 
In 1884 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Seventli 
Judicial Circuit; this inehided ten counties. In 1836 he was 
reelected. In 1888 he was chosen Circuit Judge, and this office 
he lield for two terms of seven years each. In September, 
1841, he removed to Bloomington, and soon after was elected 
Professoi- of Law in Indiana University, in which office he 
continued till 1852. In November, 1851, the new constitution 
was adopted, which made sweeping changes in the judiciary. 
On this account, although urged to the contrary by his fi'iends, 
he declined nomimiticni. Xot long after he was [)laced b}' the 
Whigs on the State ticket as a candidate for the Su[>reme 
Bench; but as tlie Whigs were in the minority he was not 
elected; his popularity, however, was shown V)y his receiving 
5,000 more votes than any others on the same party ticket. 
In 1853 he commenced the practice of law in Indianapolis. 
In 1856 he was elected President of Indiana Asbury University, 
which honor he declined, for tlie same reason that he declined 
the degree of LL. D. conferred by Indiana University, viz., 
that he had not received a collegiate education. In 1854 he 
was severely affiicted by the death of a loved daughter. Not 
long after this he united with the Methodist P^tiscopal Church. 
In 1861 he was again subjected to a severe affliction by the 
death of his estimable wife. 

In 1864 he was appointed .hulge of the United States Dis- 
trict Court for Indiana, whicli position lie lield till his death, 
August 26, 186M. 

Judge McDonald was a man of pure morals and of strict 
integrity, beloved and respected by all who knew him. He 
was the author of " McDonald's Treatise," a legal work well- 
kntuvn and highly esteenied by the profession, and wliidi still 



114 (IISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



liolds its place as a text-l)0()k of value. He wrote, also, a large 
portion of the opinions contained m Bissell's Reports of tlie 
F. 8. C'Ourts for the Seventh Circuit. 

In 1828 Judge McDonald married Miss Mary R. Miller, of 
La\^•rep.ce (Aiunty. 111. 

DANIEL HEAD, LL.D. 

Daniel liead was horn near Marietta. < ).. dune 24, 1805, in 
the then almost wilderness of Ohio. He was emphatically a 
Western man, thoroughly identified with AVestern interests 
and Western progress, especially as regards education. He 
was edueated at the University of Ohio, where he graduated 
with the honors of his class. He then studied law and was 
admitted to practice in the courts of the State, Imt heing 
elected to a professorshij) in his Aluui Mater he accepted it, and 
this incident perliaps changed the whole current of his life 
work. lie received his iirst commission as a teacher when 
nineteen years of age, on April 5, 1825, and continued either 
as a Professor or President in State Universities from that 
time till July 4, 1876, when his otiicial career terminated as 
President of the University of Missouri, having served the 
canse of education continuously for more than tiftv vears. In 
the year 1843 he was elected Professor (tf Ancient Languages 
in Indiana University. In this situation he continued till the 
year 1856, when he was called to the same position in Wiscon- 
sin University, where he remained till 1866, when, on the death 
of President Lathro[s he was called to the Presidency of Mis- 
souri University, which position he held till his sudden death, 
Octoher 3, 1878, put an end to his earthly career. During his 
connection with the University of Indiana he was chosen a 
member of the Constitutional Convention, held in Indianapolis 
in 1851, in which he took an active pai't in nniking the Con- 
stitution of the State- of Indiana what it now is. 

President Read was the oldest child of Ezra Read, of Ur- 
hami. O. Thei-e were in the family eight sons and one <laui>-h- 
ter. Dr. Head paid great attention to the education of his 
younger brothers and sister, all of whom were graduates of 
respectable colleges, and several of tliem distinguished in pro- 
fessional life. Two of his brothers were officers in the regular 
army of the United States. One of them was killed at the 
head of his regiment during the rel)ellion. Another brother 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 115 

was Captain in the navy, and was killed on the deck of the 
vessel commanded by him on the Mississippi Kiver, near Baton 
Kouge. His sister, Mi's. E. J. McFerson, for a nnniher of years 
dnring her widowhood, was prinei])al of a ladies' seminary in 
Bloomington, Ind., which she conihicted with great credit to 
herself and advantage to the commnnity. General Theodore 
Read, Dr. Read's only son, the hope and pride of his family, 
was killed at Appomattox Bridge, in Virginia, in the spring of 
1865, and in one of the l)attles immediately preceding the sur- 
render of General Lee. 

Dr. Read stood prominently l)efore the country as a distin- 
guished educator. During his administration the University 
of Missoui'i made immense strides in legislative recognition, 
increased endowment, assured stability and enlarged means of 
useful insti'uction, ami largely augmented numhei's of students. 
In }>rivate life, no family circle could have been more ti'uthful 
and aifecti(jnate, no children could have shown more deference 
to a father's wishes, no fathei" wiser or more constant and ten- 
der solicitude for his children's welfare. Dr. Read accepted 
reverently and devoutly the Chi'istian religion. Tie drew in- 
spiration from its sublime truths and precepts for his daily 
walk. He enjoyed the comforts and blessings promised to the 
believer, and endeavoi-ed to regulate his life in confoi'mity to 
its laws. Prof. Read married Miss Alice Brice, of Athens, 
Ohio. He died in Keokuk, Iowa, October 8, IHTS. 

In making this brief sketcli, the writer has made \erv free 
use of the memorial addresses made at the University of Mis- 
souri, on the occasion of Dr. Read's death, by Major James 8. 
Rollins and R. L. Todd, Esq. 

WILLI A. Al T. OTTu 

W^as born in 1816, in Philadelphia, Pa., and was educated in 
Philadelphia at the. Academy of Wylie and Engles, and at the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1833. He studied law with the 
Hon..loseph R. Ingersoll. In 1836 he i'emove<l to Indiana and 
engaged in the [iractice of law until 1844, when he was elected 
by the Legislature .Judge of tlie Second Judicial Circuit, then 
embracing the counties of Floyd, Clark, Scfitt, -Jackson, 
Washington, Orange and Harrison. He served in that ca})a('- 
itv till 1852. During several veai-s (tVom 1847-52) of his term 



IIH HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVBR.SITY. 

of office 111' wiis l*n)tc'SS()i- of Law, in eoiijuiiction with JudjJ-e 
David McDonald, in the Indiana University. Judge Otto re- 
ceived the degree of A. M. in course from the University of 
Pennsylvania, and the honorary degree of LL. D. from the 
University of Indiana in 1852. He was appointed Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior by President Lincoln, in which i)o- 
sition he remained till 1871, when he Avas a}>pointed the ar- 
bitrator on the part of the United States, under the treaty 
l)etween the United States and Spain, which provided for the 
adjudication of claims of American citizens for wrongs and 
injuries committed against their persons and property l)y the 
Si)anish authorities in Cuba. This jjosition he resigned on his 
being aiiitointed, in 1875, by the Supreme Court of the United 
States, as the lvei)orter of its decisions, resigning this office in 
1884. Since that he was a delegate from the United States to 
the Universal J'ostal Congress, which met at the ca]tital of Por- 
tugal in the spi-ing of 1885. 

<'1IAKL1-;S MARSHALL, l'ROKESS( »R OF MATHEMATICS, I84;t-52. 

Charles Marshall was born Octolier 8, 1880, at Wai'renton, 
Fauquiei- County, Virginia; was educated at the University of 
Virginia, from whicli, in 184!l, he received the degree of A. M. 
For three years, 1840-52, he was I'rofessor of Mathematics in 
the University of Indiana, to which he came highly recom- 
mended by Professor (\)urtenay, foi-merly Professor of Xatural 
and Experimental Philosophy at West Point, and afterward 
Professor of Mathematics in the University of Virginia : and 
also by Rev. Dr. W. II. McGuffey, then Professor in the same 
University. Though a young man when lie came to Bloom- 
ngton, and boyish in his a}>j>earance, he soon commanded the 
respect of all, students, professors and citizens, by his coui'teous 
manner, his scholarsliip, and liis aittiiess to teach. After i-e- 
signing his i»()sition lie studied law and ]tracticed in the city of 
Baltimore, where he has since resided. At the l>eginnini>- of 
the civil war he returned to Virginia and entered the Confed- 
erate army, in the s}>ring of 18()2, and was for a time on the 
personal staff' of General Kobert L. Lee, with the rank of tirst- 
lieutenant. In 18()2 he was aiijiointed Major and Aid-de-Camj) 
on tlie staff of (leneral Lee, and served under him in the army 
of Xorthern Viro-inia to the en<l (»f the war, havinu' attained 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 117 

the rank of lientonant-eoloiiel. In 18(35 he returned to Balti- 
more and resinned the practice of his profession. Cokniel 
Marshall was on the staff of (ireneral Lee at liis surrender at 
Appomattox. 

ROBERT MILLIGAN 

Was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, July 25, 1814. He died 
in liis sixty-lirst year at Harrodsburgh, Kentueky, Mareli 29, 
1875. He was four years old when his parents emigrated from 
Ireland. The family settled in Trumbull County, Ohio, in a 
newly settled eountrv. While a mere boy he had to assist in 
clearing the land. In this work, which he entei-ed upon with 
liis characteristic energy, he received some internal injury 
which eom}>elled him to give up this mode of life, and tlius, 
probaldy, was determined the current of his future life. When 
seventeen years old, he was sent to an adjacent county of Penn- 
sylvania, to the Classical Academy of Dr. (Taml)le, a graduate 
of the University of Edinburgh, and an excellent teacher. 
When twenty-one years old he liecame a communicant in the 
Keformed L'resbyterian cliurcli, in which he had been baptized. 
He was brought u]i in the strict religious training of that de- 
nomination. When twenty-three years old he opened a clas- 
sical school in Flat Rock, Bourbon County, Kentucky. It was 
here, by the study of the Bible alone, he was compelled to 
cbange his religious views in some important particulars, and 
soon after he liecanie a memljer of Mr. Irvine's congregation at 
Cane Ridge, Kentucky, by whom he was immersed. He left 
Flat Rock with the intention of going to Yale College. On 
bis way he stopped at Washington, Pennsylvania, and was 
persuaded by friends tliere to pursue his studies at Washing- 
ton College. The sj>ecial inducement was that there was thei"e 
a small l)and of Disciples, who made him their leader and 
teacher. He completed his course in Washington College in a 
single term and received the degree of A. B. This was in 1840. 
lie was so much esteemed b}^ the Professors and Trustees that 
lie was elected to a Professorship. In 1842 he was formally 
ordained a preacher of the gospel by the venerable Thomas 
CampV)ell. Twelve years of his life were spent in Washington 
College, when it was determined by the Trustees to make the 
College more strictly denominational. The College had always 
been under Presbyterian control, but now it was to l»e undei' tlie 
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118 HISTORY OF INDIANA INIVERSITY. 

iimiK'diate supervision of tlie ►'^yiiod. Professor Milliii;au was 
assured tliat if he desii'ed it he iiiiii-ht i-eniain in his position, 
liut knowiuii' that some would not l>v' jdeased witl) his remain- 
iuii', he resiii'iied his position and aeeepted, in 1852, the l*i"ofes- 
sorsliip of Matliematies, and afterward, of Natural IMiilosophy 
and Cliemistry, in Indiana rni\ei'sity. This position lie re- 
sijtiMU'd, in 1854, on aeeount of the liealth of his family, and 
aeee]»ted a l^rofessorship in Ik'tliany CV)llege, Virginia. Here 
lie heeame a eooperator with Alexander Camphell in building 
up tlie Institution. In 1854 he entered upon his duties where, 
along with President Camphell and Messrs. Pendleton and 
Riehardsoii. lie was a eoeditor of the 3I)lhnvial Marbiiiycr. 

W'liiK' Prof. Milligan was in J^ethany C'ollege a strong effort 
was made to put Baeon C'ollege on a sure foundation. An 
endowment of $200,000 was seeured and the name was ehanged 
to Kentueky University. Prof. Milligan was ehosen President, I 
and was induced to dissolve his relations with Bethany Col- 
lege, and to aeeept the oHered Pivsideiiey. Mere he hihored 
witli liis accustomed zeal and success. 

President Milligan, in addition to his many contril)ntions to 
periodical litei'ature, is the author of several works on relig- 
ious topics. Among the first })ul)lished, was a small volume on 
" l*rayer."' Then followed at different intervals, a volume en- 
titled •'Reason and Revelation," next a '' Scheme of Redemp- 
tit)n,"" a "Commentary on tlie Epistles to the Hehrews.*" 
'' Tlie (ii-eat Commission," and "Grace and Good Works.'* 
He left untinished, "A Conijdete Analysis of the New Tes- 
tauK'Ht." 

For many years hefore liis death. President Milligan was an 
invalid. .V sevei'e attack of intlainmatory rheumatism was 
followed l»y ueuraligia of the hrain, wlii(di afflicted liim till his 
death. 

PresidtMit Milligan was a strong advocate of temi>erance. 
lie would not follow tlu- advict' of the j)hysicians in using 
whisky and hrandy for a daily stimulus, as the only chance 
of ]>rolonging his life. He considere<l the example he would 
si-T to the students and the community would do more harm 
than his prolonged litV' would do good. 

Professor Milligan, married Miss Ellen Blaine Russell (Jan.. 
1842), daughtei' of Hon. -las. l-vussell and a cousin of Hon. 
James Blaine. 



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JAMES WOODBURN 

Was born in Chester District, S. C, Septeiiiber 11, 1817, and 
came to Bloomiiigtoii with his father's family in 182(3. He 
was educated at the common schools of the county. Entered 
the junior class of the University in 1840, was graduated in 
1842, and in 1845 received the degree A. M. In 184(3, Prof. 
Woodburn married Miss Martha Jane Hemphill. Immedi- 
ately after graduation, he engaged in teaching. In 1853, under 
the Presidency of Dr. Ryors, he was actiugProfessor of Mathe- 
matics and Civil Engineering, and in the following year was 
called to fill the cliair of Adjunct Professor of Languages and 
Principal of tlie Pre[>aratory department. For eleven years 
he faithfully discharged the duties of his [»osition, acting some- 
times as county surveyor, and often taking part in educational 
institutes. In 1865 he returned home sick, from an Institute 
he had been attending, in Vincennes, and in the course of a 
few weeks, on the 8th of September, he died from the disease 
there contracted.* Prof. Woodbnrn was a Ruling Elder in the 
Reformed Presbyterian chiircli in Bloomington. 

PROF. ELISUA RALLANTINE. 

Elisha Pallantine was born at Schodack Landing, on the 
Hudson, X. Y., Oct. 11, 1809. He was well trained, in his 
parental home, in the primary schools and the University. He 
graduated in 1828 at Ohio University, at Athens; studied the- 
ology at Union Theological Seminary, Va., and afterwards, in 
1834-5, at Halle and Leipsic, in Germany. He refused, as in- 
consistent with the precepts of the great Teacher whose minis- 
ter he was, the degree of D. D., several times conferred on him. 
In 1878 he accepted the literary degree LL. I), from the Uni- 
versity of Indiana, which he received the year of his resigna- 
tion, 1878. His life was spent in the service of the cliurch and 
the cause of education. He was Professor of Hebrew and Greek 
in Union Theological Seminary from 1831 till 1837; Professor 
of Languages in Ohio University from 1838 till 1840. From 
1840 till 1848 he had charge of a congregation in Prince Ed- 
ward Count}^ Virginia; from 1848 till 1852 was pastor of the 
First Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. Being threat- 
ened with paralysis, and feeling himself unable to endure any 
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120 HISTORY OF INIiTANA I XIVER.SITY. 

Virgiiiiii. Ill 1854 he was elected Professor of Mathematics in 
Indiana University. After filling this chair for two years, he 
was transferred to tlie chair of Languages, Dr. D. Kirkwood, 
of Newark, Delaware, having heen chosen Professor of Math- 
ematics. In 1868 Prof. Ballantine resigned his professorship 
in the Pniversity to accept a [josition as Secretary of the Amer- 
ican Board of Foreign Missions. In 1866 he was Professor of 
Ilehrew in Lane Theoh)gical Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. In 
1867 he returned to Indiana LTniversity as Professor of Greek; 
since that time as professor and professor emeritus, he has, till 
his death, been connected with the University. During the 
last two years of his connection as a professor in active service 
he was assisted by his son, the Rev. Dr. W. G. Ballantine, now 
of Oberlin Theological Seminary. 

Professor Ballantine was highly esteemed by all who knew 
him, as a scliolar and as a Christian. He had taken the man 
Christ .lesus as his model, and came perhaps as near to that 
faultless character as but few of the human family have at- 
tained. Professor Ballantine was a sincere man ; there was no 
dissembling about him. He w^as no flatterer; his words were 
the true representative of his thoughts. He was benevolent — 
kind to all with whom he was brought in contact. He was in 
constant demand when the desponding needed comfort, and 
when the dying needed a spiritual adviser. His services of this 
kind were freely rendered, and often sought by Christians of 
every name. He was highly esteemed l>y all classes — Protestant 
and Konum Catholic, Jew and Gentile. As a preacher, J^rofessor 
l>allantiue was plain and practical, often eloquent, never osten- 
tatious. 

As a literary man and scholar, Pi'ofessoi" Ballantine stood in 
the first rank. He was thorough in his scholarship. In a<ldi- 
tiou to his knowledge of the Greek and Latin, he was an ex- 
cellent Hebrew scholar, and had also considerable knowledge 
of other Semitic dialects, and of modern languages he spoke 
and I'ead the German language, and was an excellent French 
scholar. 

Pi'ofessor Ballantine resigned his professorship in Indiana 
Ihiivci'sity in 1878. After the resignation of Dr. Moss in No- 
vember, 1884, he was made acting President. About the close 
of tiie year Dr. Jordan, Professor of Biology, was c-hosen Pres- 
ident and Professor l>allantine \'ice 1 'resident and Professor 



HISTORY OF 1N1>IANA rNivp:RsrrY. 121 

of Gi-eek. Tliese positiont^ he lu'ld till liis deaTli. On the 
morning of March 31, 1886, he, as usual, officiated in the chapel 
services, and seemed to be in perfect healtli and spirits. In the 
afternoon he engaged iu his usual work in his garden, was 
suddenly taken ill, went into his house, and in a few moments 
expired, his dangliter Anna lieing the only one jireseut at Ins 
decease. 

JAMES RAY m'cORKLE BRYANT 

AVas l)orn in l'hiiadel]diia, June 25, 1802. Jlis ancestors were 
true patriots, \vho fought for hunuui rights and the foundation 
of the Republic. He was educated iii Philadel|)hia at Gray & 
Wylie's Academy, and there prepared for liis entrance into the 
University of Pennsylvania. After completing the preliminary 
studies, he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1835 by 
Chief Justice Cranch. For several years he held a position in 
the General Land Office at Washington, but subsequently moved 
to the West and settled at Crawfordsville, Indiana. Xot long- 
after he was elected to the State Legislature from Montgomery 
County, and in 1844 he was nominated on the Whig ticket for 
Congress, but was not elected. He afterwards represented 
Warren County in the Legislature for several terms. He was a 
member of the Constitutional Convention which met in In- 
dianapolis in 1852. In 1838 he was appointed Aid-de-C^am^) to 
General John Tipton, with rank of Major. In 1856-'61 Major 
Bryant was Professor of Law in Indiana University. At the 
breaking out of the Rebellion he was among the lirst to enlist, 
and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth Indiana; 
at the battle of Rich Mountain, Va., he received a wound, from 
the effects of which he died February 25, 1860. He was a Whig 
in politics till 1856, from which time till his death he was a Re- 
pul)lican, and always an uncompromising op})onent of slavery, 
always on the side of the weak and the oppressed. He gave 
much of his time to the cause of education. He was himself a 
good classic scholar, well educated, and knew its value. He 
was honest and honorable in all his dealings, and made pul)lic 
profession of his (-hristian faith. 

DAVID ECKLEY HUNTER 

Was boi-n datniaiy 6, 1834. at i^i'inceton, Gil)son County, Ind. 
His carlv cdn<-ati<>n he received ut tlic Ciilison Couiitv Semi- 



122 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERvSITY. 

iiarj, and in part at the University, hut did not graduate. 
Leaving the college for the purpose of teaching, he found the 
work so attractive to him that he has heen an enthusiastic 
teacher in the pul)lic schools, and at institutes, and taking 
great interest in evervthing connected with the education of 
youth. He was county examiner of Monroe County ; superin- 
tendent of the Princeton schools, also of the Bloomington, 
AVashington and Connersville schools. Professor Hunter is 
the author of several books for the use of schools, "Helps to 
History," published 1865; "Primary Charts," 1869; "Object 
Lessons in Arithmetic," in 1870; " Decalfa," 1870; " Morny 
Montray." 1884. Professor Hunter has delivered many ad- 
dresses, on various subjects, "How the West Was Won," 
" Briers and Berries," " Down the Rapids," " The Race of Life," 
" A Lesson from the Hymn Book," " The Calycanthus," 
"Truth," "Davy Crocket," "Trial by Ordeal," "The Recha- 
bites," " History of Indiana State Teachers' Association." In 
1870 Mr. Hunter was President of the Indiana State Teachers' 
Association. President of Primary Section 1871, of vSuperin- 
tendent's Section 1872, Permanent Secretary of the State 
Teachers' Association since 1875. ^Iv. Hunter had charge of 
the mo<lel school of the University in 1856, and was Principal 
of Scientilic Preparatory Department, 1866-7. Professor Hun- 
ter married Miss Elizabeth R., daughter of the Hon. P. L. D. 
Mitchell, of Bloomington, December 23, 1856. Professor 
Hunter's present residence ('89) is Bloomington. 

DAMEL KIRK WOOD 

Was born in Harford County, Maryland, September 27, 1814. 
His early education was limited. In 1834 he attended an 
academy in York, Pa., and afterward became a teacher in the 
same institution. In 1841 he was chosen Principal of the 
High School, of which John W. Forney and Thaddeus Stevens 
were directors. Afterward he removed to Lancaster, Pa., and 
took charge of the Lancaster City High School. In 1839 he 
was Principal of the Pottsville Academy. While in this place 
his "Analogy in the Periods of Rotation of the Primary 
Planets " was lirst published in Silliman's Journal o± Science, 
and brought into notice by Professor Sears C. Walker, an as- 
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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 128 

conimunic-ated it in a letter. Tliis ingenious analogy, derived 
tVoiii La Place's nebular tlieory, attracted much attention, both 
in this country and in Europe. In 1851 Professor Ivirkwood 
was chosen President of Delaware College, l^ewark, Del. In 
1856 he w^as elected Professor of Mathematics in Indiana Uni- 
versity, which position lie occupied until 1886, with the excep- 
tion of about two years, during which he tilled the chair of 
Mathematics and Astronomy in Jefferson College, Canonsburg, 
Pa. He has been a fretjuent contributor to several scientific 
joui'nals. Many of his articles have received higli commenda- 
tion l)()th at home and abroad. A pa})er published by him in 
the proceedings of the Koyal Astronomical Society of London 
first indicated the cause of the intervals between Saturn's 
rings. In 1851 he was made a member of the American Philo- 
sophical Society. The degree of A. M. was conferred on him 
by \Vashington College, Pa., and LL. D. by the University of 
rennsylvania. The foUoAving are a few of his contributions 
to science: A " Treatise on Comets and Meteors," published 
by Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia ; the "• analogy" known as 
"Kirkwood's Analogy," already noticed; "-On the Xebular 
Hypothesis," Silliman's Journal, 1860 ; '' Cn the Zone of the 
Asteroids and the A|tproximate (-ommensurability of the 
Planetary Periods," Proceedings of the Koyal Ast. Soc, vol. 
xxix.; "On the Foi-mation and Primitive Condition of tlie 
Solar System," Proceedings of the Am. Pliilos. Soc, Xo. 87 : 
"On the Meteors of January 2," proceedings of Am. Phil.. 
Soc., November, 1873 ; " On C^omets and Meteors," read before 
Am. Phil. Soc, j^ovember 19, 1863, and many others. For a 
more complete list of Professor Kirkwood's contributions to 
science, see " Circulars for Information," of the Bureau of E(bi- 
cation, Xo. 4, 1873. 

It might be also mentioned that Professor Kirkwood is author 
of the articles on astronomy in the annual supplements of Ap- 
]>leton"s Cyclopedia, in which the progress of astronomy from 
year to year is given. In 1886 Professor Kirkwood resigned 
his professorshi}!, having l)een connected with the University 
foi" nearly thirty years, and received fi-om it the honoi-arv title 
of Emeritus Professor. 

l^r<:)fessor Kirkwood man-ied Miss Sarah J. McXair, of New- 
town, Pa. Professor and Mrs. Kirkwood left Ploomington for 
Kivt'i'side, Cal., Octol)cr, 1889. where they now reside. 



124 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



HENRY BASCOM HTHBEN 

Was hoi'ii I)eceiul>er 23, 1829, at Unioutowii, I'a. lie coiupk'ted 
his sophomore year at Jefferson College, Pa., and was grad- 
nated at Transylvania University September 1, 1848, from 
which University he received the degree of A. M. He then l»e- 
gan his career as a teacher in Jeftersonville, Ind., being chosen 
Principal of the High School in that city. He next taught in 
Lawrenceburg Academy, and leaving this situation he took 
charge of a high school at Laurel, Ind. He afterward ser\'c(l 
as an itinerant preacher in the M. E. Church for two years, 
when lie was elected to a professorship in Asluiry (now De- 
Pauw) University, where he continued for live years, when he 
was elected Professor of English Literature in Indiana Uni- 
versity in the ,year 1860. In 1861, on tlie l)reaking out of the 
wai', lie entered the service as an army chaplain, and served in 
this capacity for three years. He was present at tlie battle of 
Port Donaldson, and was mentioned for faithful service in the 
official report of the battle of Shiloh. In 1864 he was ap- 
pointed chaplain in the navy liy President Lincoln. Pro- 
fessor Hil)ben is the author of several printed addresses — his 
last address (1883) was delivered before the Grrand Army on 
memorial day. May 30tli. 

Rev. Mr. Hibben is still cha})laiii in the navy, at present 
(1884) stationed at the Marine IIosi)ital, Philadelphia. 

EMANUEL MAK(^UIS 

Was horn on the 6th of May, 1829, in Malchin, Grand Duchy 
of Mecklinbni'g. At the age of four years lie attended the 
private school of Ilerr Ravi, a Polander, who instructed him 
in the elementary liranches and prepared him for entering the 
nourishing Latin school of his native city, under the able 
management, both as to instruction and discipline, of its Ilev- 
tor, Carl Biitch. On leaving school Mr. Marquis liad an award 
of honors in eveiy department except Mathematics. During 
these years of severe study he found relief in practice on the 
piano, under the direction of liis father, wlio was an excellent 
performer on that instrument. Though afflicted with iniiam- 
matioii of the eyes, lu'ought on by hard stndv and candle light, 
he, contrary to the oculist's advice, pursued his studies witli 
private teachers, acquiring in this way a knowledge of Greek, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 125 

Fi'eiu'li, Eiia'lisli, Siciiiisli and Hebre^v. In 1850 lie was en- 
gaged as a }iroot- reader and translator in the office of the 
" Norddentsehe Freie Presse," a daily }>a[)er pnblished in Ham- 
burg. In the same year lie accompanied his mother to her 
native land, Sweden, in order to visit his numerous relatives 
and ac<|uire a knowledge of the Swedish language. While in 
Carlscrone he exchanged instruction in German for recitations 
in S\\edish with Magester Strihiigren. While in Stockholm 
nianv kind services were rendered him in his business by the 
publisher, R. Bonnier. Fi'om Stockholm he returned to Ham- 
burg in July, 1851, and from thence sailed to the United States, 
arriving at New York September 4. In 1852 he came to In- 
diana, supporting himself by giving lessons in music and mod- 
ern languages. He was employed in Asbury (now DeJ'auw) 
Tniversity as an instructor in Gei'man and French from 185(> 
to 1858. From Ureeucastle he removed to Bloomington in 
1S5J>. In 18('><) the chair of Modern Languages was cstal)lished, 
and Professor Manpiis was invited to take charge of rhis de- 
l»artment. In this ])Osition he continued till 18(.)4. In 18()<) he 
received the honorary degree of A. M. from the Indiana 
Asbury University. In 1865, having received an ap}tointment 
as U. S. Consul at Na}>oleon Vendee, in France, he repaired to 
that }>lace. He, however, soon resigned, and in 180(1 returned 
to the United States, and moved back to (Trreencastle, where he 
has l>een engaged in jjrivate teaching and commercial pursuits. 
Professor Mar([uis has l)een a frecjuent contributoi* to the 
iiewspa]>cr and jK'riodicai press. 

(iK()K(!E AU(;rSTUS BR'KNELl. 

Was boi'ii ill Philadelphia, Pa., in 1817. His early classical edu- 
cation commenced in Wylie and Engles' Academy. From this 
school he entered the I niversity of Pennsylvania as a sophomore 
in 1828, at the same time his teacher, Dr. S. B. Wylie, had been 
made Professor of Ancient Languages in the same institution. 
In 1831 he graduated, receiving the degree of A. B., and three 
years after\vards the degree A. M. He studied law in the law 
school of Yale College receiving the degree LL. B., and in 1864 
the degree LL. I), was conferred V)y Indiana Univei'sity. In 
184(;) he removed to Scott County, Indiana, and commenced his 
}»o1itical ascent. He was elected Fence Viewer in 1847. In 



126 HISTORY OF INDIANA INIVEKSITY. 

1848 he was elected C^ounty Prosecutor, in 1850 Circuit l*rose- 
cutor, and in 1852 Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, hold- 
ino- this last office twenty-four years by four successive elec- 
tions. In 1861 he was cliosen Professor of Law in Indiana 
University, which position he held till 1870. Judge Bicknell 
was elected to the Forty-tifth Congress and was re-elected to 
the Forty-sixth, as a Democrat, receiving 15,174 votes against 
9,102 votes for Ara E. S. TiOng, National, and 1,757 votes for 
John F. Willy, Republic} . Judge Bicknell belongs to the 
tinie-lionored family of B iiells, the ancestor of which, Zach- 
ary Bicknell, migrated t this country and settled at Wey- 
mouth, Mass., in 1635. I is said that in the nine or ten genera- 
tions of this family, not one of the blood of the American branch 
has ever stood convicted of any crime or misdemeanor or fraud. 
Judge Bicknell's last four year term of service in congress 
terminated in 1881. In this same year he was appointed one 
of the Commissioners of the Supreme Court of Indiana, to hold 
for two yeai's, an office of the same rank as a Judge of the 
Supreme Court. 

Several important legal works and re}»orted speeches are the 
result of Judge Bicknell's experience as a jurist and statesman. 
A commentar}' on the Bankrupt Law, which called for a second 
edition, was i)ublished in New Yoi'k in 184L During the 
twenty-four years of his time as Circuit Judge, at least 250 of 
his decisions have been published. During his term as Com- 
missioner of Appeals, his decisions may be found in the re- 
ports of the Supreme Court, in vols, 73 to 103, inclusive. 
During his connection with the University as Professor of Law 
he published an octavo volume of 700 pages, called " BicknelTs 
Civil Practice." This work re(pnred the publication of a second 
edition in 187L In 1866 "Bicknell's Criminal Practice," an 
8vo. of 500 pages, was published ; this also required a second 
edition in 1871. While in congress, from 1877 to March 4, 
1881, many of his speeches and reports were printed. Judge 
Bicknell, May 28, 1840, married Elizabetli Haskins Richards, of 
Batso, N. J. 

PROFESSOR RICHARD OWEN, M. D., LL. D. 

Richard Owen was born January 6, 1810, at Brantield House, 
near New Lanark, Scotland. He received his early education 
under a [»rivate tutor, and later at the Grrammar-school, at old 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 127 

Lanark. He afterward spent three years at Hofwyl, Switzer- 
land, at the Institution of Emanuel Fellenberg. On his return 
from Hofwyl, he attended the lectures of Dr. AndreAV Ure, at 
the Andersonian Institute. In 1827 Mr. Owen sailed from 
Scotland in company with his father, Robert Owen, and on 
attaining liis majority, he received his certificate of citizenship 
at the liands of Gen. William H. Harrison, the clerk of the 
Hamilton County Court. During President Polk's administra- 
tion, at the lu'eaking out of the Mexican war, he ol)tained a 
captain's commission in the 16th U. S. Infantry, in one of the 
tell regiments raised by act of congress, and served in the 
army during the greater part of the Mexican war. In 1861 
Captain Owen accepted, from Covernor Morton, a Lieutenant 
Colonelcy in the 15th Indiana Volunteers. He served in West 
\ ii'ginia, in command of a Brigade under Gen. A. J. Smith. 
Latci", while under the command of Genei'al Franklin, in 1863, 
lie I'csigned and accei>tcd a Professorshi}* in Indiana Univer- 
sity. Bcfoi'c his connection with the University, in the interim 
tictweeu the Mexican war and the \var of the Rebellion, first 
as Majoi' and aftei'wards as Lieutenant Colonel, he was con- 
nected with the Western Militar}' Institute of Kentucky, as 
Professor of Xatural Science. While in the Military Institute, 
Dr. Owen not only gave instruction in his own depai'tment, 
but shared with Colonel B. H. Jolmson in the military train- 
ing of the students, and as commandant was eliiefiy charged 
with the disci})line of the histitution and with the manage- 
ment of the l)arracks. Foi- tliree years he was engaged in the 
Litci-ary department, of the University of Xashville. In In- 
diana University, Dr. Owen was Professor of Xatural Ulnlos- 
ophy and Chemistry, from 1863 to 1867. Professor of Xatural 
Science and Chemistry from 1867 to 1879. During these fifteen 
yeai's he gave instruction principally in Geology, Mineralogy 
and Cliemistry, and during Vi-icancies in the Modern Language 
J)t'partment, he taught German and French. Before V)ecom- 
ing Professor in the Western Military Institute, Dr. Owen was, 
in ]849, the assistant of liis Wrotlier Dr. David Dale Owen, in 
the United States Geological Survey of Minnesota. He was 
princi})ally engaged in taking barometrical observations and 
making sketches, which were afterwards engi'aved for the large 
Fourth Report of the Survey. In 1859-60, l)efore entering the 
Federal service. Dr. Owen made a a'colos^ical snrvev of Indiana, 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVER.SITY. 



tlie tirst yt-ar as assistant to his hrothei- David Dale Owen, and 
in the following year as State Geologist. His report, with illus- 
trations, was publislied hy the State. While connected with 
the Indiana University, he made a survey of the mineral 
resources of portions of New Mexico and Arizona, at the 
re(|uest of Judge Watts, by whom the account of the explora- 
tion was pul)lislied. Dr. Owen also made a geological exam- 
ination of parts of North Carolina and of East Tennessee. 

Dr. Owen also contributed largely to periodicals, both 
scientific and literary. Since his resignation in 1879 his re- 
searches have principally l)een in terrestrial magnetism and 
its eft'ect on the formation of land on our glol)e. The re- 
sults of these researches have been published partly in the pro- 
ceediufi^s of the A. A. A. S., and partlv in ''Science,'' a weekly 
journal. 

From Dr. Owen's early home training, and the inlluence of a 
pious mother, he alwaj's manifested a religious spirit, while at 
the same time his father's skepticism and principles and oppo- 
sition to Oliristianity liacJ its effect upon him, causing him to 
doubt the truth of revealed religion. Dui'ing his whole life he 
retained a s|»irit of lil)erality to all wlio conscientiously dif- 
fered from him in his religious or political views. He always 
deprecated violence and extreme l»artv sj)irit. He respected 
each man's individuality and ]»eculiarity, when not interfering 
Avith another man's rights. It is not strange that, when in 
Bloomington, associating with God-fearing men in the town 
and in the faculty of the University, he professed his faith in 
the Divine Savior and became a member of and an ofiice-ljearer 
in the Presl)yterian church. Dr. Owen died March 25, 1890, at 
New Harmony, from the effects of poison accidentally taken, 
while engaged in his philosophical studies with youthful ardor. 
In 1887 he contested for a high ]»rize offered hy the Belgium 
Government, which he did not win, but was one of the few of 
whom lionoral)le mention was made. Dr. Owen married Miss 
Annie Xeif, daughter of Jose}di Neif. 



PROF. AMZI ATWATKK 



Was horn Noxembei- 9, 18o9, at Mantua. Portage County. Ohio, 
and commenced his classical education at the Eclectic Institute, 
which afterwards became Hiram College. On leaving the In- 
stitute he attended the Northwestern CHiristian University 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 129 

(iu)W Butler), at ludiauapolis, and reiiiaiuiug there a short 
time he entered the Junior class of Indiana University in 1864. 
In his senior yeai" he was appointed Principal irro fciii. of the 
I'reparatorv Department of tlie University, taking the phice of 
Prof. James Woodlnirn, the Principal of this department, who 
died shortly l)efore the commencement of the college year, 
18(i.5-(). In 1866 he graduated, receiving the degree A. B., and 
thi'ee yeai-s latei' the degree A. M. After graduation he was 
made adjunct Professor of Languages and Principal of the 
Preparatory Department of the University. This position he 
held until 1868, when he was elected Professor of Latin and 
Greek in Hiram College. While holding that position he was 
called to tlie pastorate of the Disciples' Church, at Mentor, Ohio. 
In 1870 he was elected Professor of Latin in Indiana Univer- 
sity, and returned to Bloomington, where he has since re- 
mained, and has, since 1888, heen A'ice President of the Uni- 
versity. 

l^rofessor Atwat*QM' is well known as an able and interesting 
lecturer, especially on educational topics. He lectured in the 
northeastern portion of the State in the interest of the Univer- 
sity in the summer of 1875. and has since frequently lectured 
on these and kindred subjects l)efore literary societies and in- 
stitutes in the adjacent States. 

lie man'ied Miss (V»rteusia Muiison. v 

CYRrS MORRIS D01)I> 

Was born in Broadalbin, X. V., in 1826. His mother was a 
Harrison, of the New Jersey Harrisons, his father a lineal de- 
scendant of Daniel Dodd, who came from England and settled 
in Bradford, Conn,, in 1646. His children went to Newark, N. 
J., among the tirst settlers of that city. The family has fur- 
nished its full proportion of men of superior talents and edu- 
cation, and has maintained during two centuries the old 
Puritan characteristics of piety and morality, of energy and of 
thrift. 

Cyi'us Dodd's iirst ten years were spent in Newark. When 
ten years old he went to Bloomtield, New Jersey, Avliere he 
spent his boyhood and prepared for college in the old l»rick 
academy. His eai'liest training was given l)y his father, who 
was ambitious to give him a good education. When seventeen 



130 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



yeai-^ (>1<1 lie began to earn his own schooling by teaching, for 
which occupation he seems to have had a natural instinct, 
which was stirred by his observation of the prevailing im- 
perfect methods and results. In 1845 he entered the sophomore 
class of Williams College. His intention had been to go to 
Princeton for the junior class of which he had been prepared^ 
and to which all of his family and all of his friends had gone or 
were going. But the hills of AVilliamstown and Dr. Mark Hop- 
kins were the attractions which took him to Williams College. 
After a year of study there, he left to teach for several years 
in Xew Jersey and Maryland. In 1854 he returned to the col- 
lege and entered the third term of the junior year, graduating^ 
in 1855. After teaching about two years in Salem, N. J., he 
married Miss Mary C. Latham, of Williamstown, and went to 
New Brunswick, N. J., where he taught for a year. lie then 
entered the. Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny 
City, Pa., where he remained a year and a half, teaching about 
half the time, and writing editorials for his support. About 
this time he received a call to the Latin chair of Jefferson Col- 
lege at CannonsbuTgh, Pa., where he remained live years. He 
was then, in 1886, elected to the chair of mathematics in Indi- 
ana University, vacated by Professor Kirkwood, continuing in 
this position a year, and on the return of Professor Kirkwood, 
its former occupant, to the LTniversity, Professor Dodd was 
transferred to the chair of Latin Languages and Literature. 
In 1867 Professor Dodd received a call from his Alma Mater 
to the chair of mathematics, which he accepted, and soon after 
removed to Williamstown, where he still resides. Professor 
Dodd Avas not only an able mathematician and an excellent 
classical scholar, but he Avas well versed in English literature. 
He was a great lover of books, as his well selected library at- 
tests. Professor Dodd could work not only extraordinarily 
well with his head, but also Avith his hands; Avas skillful in the 
use of physical apparatus. He could print a book and then 
bind it as Avell- as if brought up to these arts; could build a 
Ijouse and make its furniture as Avell as. the trained carpenter 
or cabinet maker. His principal enjoyment, hoAvever, Avas in 
books, especially in poetry. He considered mathematics and 
j»oetry akin. Bryant Avas a favorite poet Avith him. He con- 
sidered it an honor that he could count him among his friends. 
The '' Dies Ira' "' Avas made, as a painter Avould say, (piitc a stndy 



HISTORY OF IN'DIAXA IXrVERSITY. 181 

Avitli Professor Dodd. lie had, [•erliaps, collected more ver- 
sions of tliis wonderful liyniii than any person in the country. 
His three daughters, in their love of literature and poetry, 
seem to he following in the footsteps of their father. During 
his ahsence from Bloc)mington, while in New York engaged 
Avith Professor Wylie in purchasing hooks for the University 
lihraiy, Professor Dodd's dwelling was hurned, and many of 
his valuahle l)Ooks as well as manuscri[)ts were destroyed. 

A sadder loss has lately (1887) hefallen tlie Professor hy the 
decease of his accomplished daughter Alice. 

(}E0R(4E WASHIXiiTOX H0S8 

Was horn Novemher <i, 1824, in Brown C^ounty, Ohio. The 
family removed, when he was twelve years old, to Marion 
County, Indiana. Until he was twenty-one, he w^orked on the 
farm, accpiiring such education as the county schools aiibrded 
and his limited time permitted. He then entered Indiana As- 
hury University occasionally interru[iting his regular studies hy 
teaching, in order that he might gain means for completing his 
college course. He graduated in 1850, receiving the degrees of 
A. B. and A. M. In 1872 he received the honorary degree of 
LL. D. from Indiana University. In the year of his gradua- 
tion he was elected Principal of the Muncie Academy. Two 
years after this he removed to Indianapolis, where he resided 
for many years. In 1855 he was teacher of Mathematics in In- 
diana Female C^^llege. In the next year he was tirst literary 
teacher in the Institution for the Blind. This position he oc- 
cupied for two years, and then was made President of the Fe- 
male College, wliich lie held for one year, when he accepted the 
position of Professor of Mathematics in Butler University, 
where he continued eight years. 

In 1864 die was elected Superintendent of Puhlic Instruc- 
tion. Two years hefore this he had succeeded to the editor- 
ship of the Indiana School Journal, which lie conducted dur- 
ing his term of office till 1871, when he turned it over, with a 
suhscription list increased to 1,(300, to Professor W. A. Bell, who 
still (1886) ably edits and publishes it. 

Superintendent Hoss entered upon the duties of his office of 
Superintendent of Public Instruction in March, 1865. well 
fitted for the post by his zeal and energy and his practical ex- 
perience as a teaclier. His capaliility is well indicated by his 



IS'2 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

jictioii8 as \vell as his reports, lie was an advocate for the hiw 
which the General Assembly had passed in favor of h)eal taxa- 
tion of corporations for the support of common schools, in op- 
position to the adverse decision of the Supreme Court, which 
had declared the law unconstitutional. Through his able ad- 
vocacy of his position in his report, the General Assembly of 
1867 enacted a new law authorizing- special tuition taxes, and 
this law now stands. 

In 1865 Superintendent Hoss was elected President of the 
State Teachers' Association. Two years later he issued a call 
to the Faculties of the colleges to organize a collegiate asso- 
ciation to cooperate with the Teachers' Association, al)ont to 
meet in JSTew Albany. 

In 1866 Snperintendent lloss was reelected and served till 
1868, when he resigned to enter upon the Professorship of 
En2:lish Literature in Indiana University, President IIobl)s, of. 
Earlham College, being appointed his successor. 

Professor Hoss resigned his professorship in 1872, having ac- 
cepted the Presidency of the State Normal School at Emporia, 
Kansas. After a year of service there he was recalled to In- 
diana University as Professor of English Literature and Elo- 
cution. This position he held with credit to himself and profit 
to the University till 1880, when he resigned and removed to 
Topeka, Kansas, where he became proprietor and editor of the 
Educationalist, the leading school journal of Kansas. In 1884 
he was elected Professor of English Classics and Oi-atory in 
Baker Univ^ersity, Baldwin, Kansas, which position he, now 
(1888) holds. 

In addition to the able and carefully prepared re[)orts as 
Superintendent of Public Instruction and two minor reports 
made to the Governor, his official publications, Dr. Hoss has 
prepared several small books for the use of schools. He mar- 
ried Miss Harriet J. Mitchell, of Portland, Maine. 

SCOTT BUTI.ER 

Was born at Indiana[)olis, Febrnary ^t, 1844. He received his 
education at the Northwestern Christian University, now 
Bntler University, so named frcun Professor Butler's father. 
He gradnated in 1868, receiving tlie degrees A. B, and A. M. 
not loiiii' after. He studied two years in Germanv; on his re- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 133 

tni'ii lie ongaged in teacluiig. Frovii 18(:)8 to 1871 he was Prin- 
cipal of the Preparatory Department of the University of In- 
diana. Soon after leaving Indiana University, he was made 
Professor of Latin in Butler University, Irvington, Ind. This 
position he still (1889) holds. In 1862-5 he served as a private 
soldier in the U. 8. Signal Service. Mr. Butler mai'ried Miss 
Julia Dunn, of Indiana}iolis, Xoveml)er 3, 1868. 

ELI LONG 

Was horn at ^'ersailies, Ky., June 16, 1837, graduated at the 
Military School near Frankfort, Ky., in 1855. Soon after he 
was appointed Second Lieutenant in First U. S. Cavalry, and 
served six weeks at Lecompton, Kan., during the ti'ouhles in 
that region. In the summer of 1857 he was with his regiment 
on the Cheyenne expedition, and was afterwards in command 
of General Sumner's l>ody-guard in the tight with the Indians 
in 1857-58, and in the same years mail escort on the SantaFe 
road, from Fort Rile}'. In 1860 Lieutenant Long served on the 
Kiowa and Comanclie expedition, under Major Sedgwick. In 
1861 lie ]>revented loss and serious damage to the Government 
by siir])rising and ca}>turing near Fort Lyon a well armed com- 
}tany of thirty-eiglit men and hfty horses, on their way to join 
the Confederate General Price in Missouri. On this trip Lieu- 
tenant Long moved one hundred and twenty miles in thirty- 
two hours, with the loss of but one horse, and was promoted to 
be First Lieutenant, Marcli 21, and to Captain, May 24, 1861, 
In February, 1862, Captain Long repoi'ted to General Buel at 
Louisville, Ky., was in the skirmish at Tuscumbia ci-eek, near 
Corinth, Miss., took i)art in tlie battle of Chaplain Hills, near 
Perryville, Ky., remaine<l on duty with liis regiment as Gen- 
eral Rosecran's escort until the battle of Stone river, when 
he was wounded in the shoulder while leading his command in 
a charge made by his regiment. He was, for gallant conduct, 
appointed Colonel of the Fourth Ohio Volunteer (\ivalry. 
Shortly after receiving this command Colonel Long led in a 
charge against the enemy, in which fifty prisoners and many 
horses were captured. In June, 1863, Col. Long was appointed 
to command a brigade of the First, Third, Fourth and Tenth 
Ohio Volunteers and Second Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry regi- 
ments. He participated in most of the cavalry affairs at Mur- 

10- lIlSTORY. 



lo4 III.STOKY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

tVeesl)()i"<>, Ti'iiii. ]U' coiiimandcd his hriii'adc at tlie defeat of 
the rel)els at Elk river, was at the 1)attle of C'hiekainauga and 
at the disc'Oiiititiire of General Wheeler's command, hy which 
CJiattanooga was secnred to the United States forces. He was 
also at tljc engagements at McMinnville and Farmington, Tex.i 
and at the former place he received a wound. General Long 
was favorably mentioned in the official reports for his gallant 
conduct at McMinnville, and also for his expedition during the 
Itattle of Missionaiw Ki<lge, where he destroyed thirty miles 
of railroad. With his lirigade, he participated in the complete 
rout of (Jcncral Wheeler at Calhoun. In 18(34 he took part 
with his conuuand in the reconnoisance of I)alton with tlie 
Sixteenth Army C'orjis. In connection with the Seventeenth 
Army C\)rps, under General Blair, went to Kingston, Georgia, 
defeating General Koddy on the way. He Joined the army un- 
der General Slierman, and ])artici])ated in nearly all the army 
operations under his command in 18<i4. In August, 18(34, he 
was a[»])ointed Brigadier General of A'olunteers. lieturning 
after lca\'c of absence, (»wing to his wounds, he rejoined his 
command at Nashville, Tenn. After this he A\eut Soutli, and 
with 1,250 men in line, took Schna, Ala., with many prisoners 
and munitions of war. 

General Long was frequently mentioned in reports for gallant 
conduct. He retired as Major General, U, S. Army, but was 
reduced to the grade of Brigadier General l)y act of Congress, 
1875. In 18t>8 was I*rofessor of Military Science and Civil En- 
gineering in Indiana University; afterward studied law at Cin- 
cinnati, and was admitted to })ractice in Brooklyn. X. Y., in 
1870. 

.lOHN UPFOl.U PETTIT 

AYas born in Onondaga County, New York, September 11, 1820 ; 
was educated in the Onondaga County schools, afterward in 
Cazenovia Academy, Madison County ; attended Hamilton Gpl- 
lege foi- some time, and afterward Union College, Schenectady, 
during the ])i'esidency of Dr. Nott, graduating B. A. in 1889. 
Mr. I'ettit studied law with Dr. Selkanoif, and also attended 
the law school at L'ompey, New York, under Daniel Gott. 
After removing to Indiana he continued his study of law Avith 
the Hon. D. I). Pratt, of Logansport. and in 1841 was admitted 
to the bar, commencing the ]>ractice of law in AYabasli, Indiana, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA I XIVER.-IL V. 135 

ill the same 3'ear. He was elected to the kStato Legislature in 
1844. In 1850 he was appointed U. 8. CVmsul at Maranhao, 
Brazil. Mr. Pettit was appointed h)" Governor Wright Judge 
of the 8th Judicial District. Resigning tliis office he was, in 
1854, elected representative to Congress from the 11th Con- 
gressional District. ']'liis position he held during the 34th, 
35th and 36tli (\:)ngresses, and in 18(34 Avas again elected to 
Congress and chosen S})eaker of the House. In 1869-70 Judge 
Pettit was Professor of LaAv in Indiana Tniversity, from 
which, in 1871, he received the degree LL. D. In 1872 he was 
elected Judge of the 17th Judicial District. 

At the outbreak of the rebellion he engaged actively in re- 
cruiting soldiers. In 1862 in less than three weeks he mustered 
thirty-five liundred men, and in the following year assisted in 
organizing tlie Orphans" llcnne, at Knightstown, Indiana. In 
1865, after others had failed, he was largely instrumental in 
ju'ocuring a commutation of the sentence t>f Bowles and Milli- 
gan, who had been condemned to death by the United States 
Military Commission for treasonable conspiracy in Indiana. 
On Afay 2 an order came from President Johnson to carry into 
effect the sentence, without delay. The date fixed was .lune 2, 
1865. Judge Pettit was dispatched to Washington by (tov- 
ernor Morton to secure from the President a commutation of 
the sentence. Through the energy of Judge Pettit, acting 
under the earnest direction of (lovernor Morton, the sentences 
of these men were commuted. Judge Pettit was a ri|>e scholar 
and a great reader. He was well acipiainted with history, 
poetry, and the curi-ent literature of the day. He excelled in 
his knowledge of law. Vevy few appeals were taken from 
his (lecisions, and very rarely did the Supreme (Vnirt fail to 
affirm his judgments. In religion he was an Episcoi)alian. At 
the time of his death, which occurred March 21, 1881, at Wa- 
bash, Indiana, he had been appointed paymaster to disburse the 
priticipal due to the Miami Indians. 

Judge Pettit married Miss Brenton, who survives liim. 

JOHN A. REUBELT 

Was born February 22, 1819, in a village of Franconia in 
Germany. He received his theoretical education in his native 
land and Avheii twenty-one years old camc"^ to America. As no 
d'egrees in course, in the American sense of the expression, are 



136 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

conferred in Germany, lie of course reeei\'e(l none, but in or 
about 1858 be received tbe bouorary degree of A. M. from 
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., and sometime afterwards tbe 
degree D. D. from Baldwin University, Obio. Nearly all tbe 
time since bis arrival in America, bebas been engaged in teacb- 
ing; be bas been emjtloyed in scbools of everv grade and lias 
filled ditferent cbairs in colleges and universities. In 18H8 be 
was professor of modern languages in Indiana Asburv Un'i- 
versity, and in 186!>-70 in Indiana University. In 1870 be re- 
moved to Henderson, Ky., wbere be was for some years Prin- 
cipal of a classical scbool, Dr. Reubelt bas written mucb for 
various ([uai'terlies and montblies, and otbei" i)eriodicals. He 
translated Cess' "■ Person of Clirist,"" publisbed at Andover, 
1870, and translated into Crerman "•Greeley's Great Conflict,'' 
and in tbe same language edited a "Manual of Xatural His- 
tory," and ptildisbed many otber smaller works and tracts in 
botb languages. Dr. Reulu'lt is now (1889) Princi[»al of an 
academy at Gbent, Ky. 

HERMANN DALTHA.SAK IloISEN 

Was horn in Klensbnrg, Scbleswig-Ilolstein, Germany, Deceni- 
bei' 11, 1840. He received bis education at tbe Gymnasium of 
Plon and at tbe University of Wiirzburg. He came to Amer- 
ica in 18<>9, and went tirst to St. Paul, Minnesota. He re- 
mained ill Minnesota about a year, teaebiug a part of tbe time. 
In 1870 be came to Indiana. He engaged first in institute 
work, and in tbe fall took cbarge of a scbool in Belleville. 
His entbusiastic work in tbe institutes bad attracted tbe atten- 
tion of some of tbe teacbers in DePauw — tben Asbury — Uni- 
versity, and wlien iii([uirv was made concerning a teacber of 
modern languages for Indiana University, be was liigbly rec- 
ommended, and Dr. Owen was tben commissioned to visit bim 
and ofter bim a temporary place in tbe University. He ac- 
cepted tbe place and began bis work in November, 1870. So 
well did be succeed in bis work tbat in tbe following year tbe 
place was made permanent. In July, 1873, be was married to 
Miss Louise Wylie, of Bloomington. In 1874, baving been 
elected to take cliarge of tbe advanced course in tbe State 
Normal Scbool at Terre Haute, be left tbe University, only to j 
return aji'ain in 187B, tbe advanced course baving been abol- i 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA (UNIVERSITY. 187 

ished because the expense of luaiiitainiug it was too g-reat in 
proportion to the number of students. In 1880 he again re- 
signed his phiee in the University, and in November of the 
same year he was a}>pointed by President Chadbourne to the 
Chair of Modern Languages in Williams College, Mass. Dr. 
Chadbourne resigned soon afterward and the trustees did not 
eontirm the a})|»ointment, but left it to the new President to till 
the place as he pleased. Without inquiry as to the success of 
Professor Boiseirs woi-k, and without reference to the promise 
made by Dr. C^hadbournc that the appointment should he made 
permanent if his teaching was satisfactory, Dr. Carter chose 
another for the jdace. Sensitive in the extreme, Professor 
Boisen felt most keenly the injustice with which he was 
treated, lie was now forced to give up a trip to Europe, and 
spend tile summer at Martha's Vineyard, where, there was a 
summer institute. In the fall he went to Boston, where he 
ga\'c [>rivate lessons, and also [»re[)ared tAvo books for puldica- 
ti(Ui. The " First Course in (xerman "' was written for use in 
his own classes, and not a very large edition was published. 
Since his death Professor Bernhardt has enlarged it and added 
a second \-()lume, and it is now used in many schools. Being- 
appointed a Director of the Martha's Vineyard Summer Insti- 
tute, he spent a second summer at C^ottage City, and com[)leted 
the manuscript of his second l)ook, ''The Preparatoi'v Book of 
German Prose," which is (piite extensively used. In 1882 he 
was appointed Sub-Master of the Elliott School in Boston. 
The work in this school gave him great pleasure, but it also 
took all his time and he could accomplish but little outside 
work, and he had planned to do a great deal. Accordingly in 
1883 he very gladly ac(;e}>ted a call to the Lawrenceville School 
in Xew Jersey, for there he would have leisure for other work. 
The l)eginning of the work at Lawrenceville was greatly sad- 
dened ])y the death of his l)rother. Christian, a young man of 
noble character. His own health was not so good as in former 
years, but he went to work with his accustomed energy and 
earnestness. His love for the l)()ys under his care was untir- 
ing. Everything he could do to make them happier and bet- 
ter was done, and they appreciated his love for them and his 
devotion to their interests. As soon as he was fairly settled 
in his new home he began to work upon his first volume of 
Language Lessons, a book for use in the puldic schools. But 



138 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

suddenly lie was taken violently ill ; the doctor said his heart 
was affected. In two or three days he was up, and insisted on 
going to school. He heard all his classes on Monday, January 
21, 1884. Ahout eight o'clock that evening, almost without 
warning, he had left us. The stone that marks his last rest- 
ing place, after names and dates, l)ears this inscription : 

" Ei-ected hy his colleagues and pupils of the Lawrenceville 
t-^chool as a tribute to his worth as a uian and his genius as a 
scliolar."" 

RASKIN E. RHOADS 

Was born in 1884, near J'hiladelphia, PVnnsylvania. In the 
following year the family moved to Parke Oounty, Indiana, 
and settled near Rockville. In 1840 they removed to Wave- 
land, Indiana. He received his early education in the Wave- 
land Academy, wdiere he resided till the death of his father, in 
1875. At sixteen years of age he was prepared to enter col- 
lege, but on account of delicate health he learned the ai't of 
tanniug with David Mann. After becoming master of the art 
he returned to the Waveland Academy, and after studying six 
months he taught in the Huxford school house. He returned 
after three months and spent another term in the Academy, 
when he was chosen Principal of the Newport School, where 
he taught and studied, preparing himself for the Junior Class 
of Wabash College, which he entered in 1858 and graduated in 
18H0. Soon after graduation he was chosen Professor of Xat- 
ui'al Science in the Clinton Institute, and early in 1861 was put 
in charge of the Rockville pul)iic school, where he remained 
till the suuimer of 18()2. 

From 1862 till 1870 he practiced law in Newport. In 1864 
he was chosen Representative of Vermillion County. He 
served in the Legislature with great distinction, in the regular 
and special sessions. As a member of the Committee on Edu- 
cation he drafted the present School Law, which was passed, 
and presented by himself to Governor Morton, who signed it 
in his presence. The law was passed with but little alteration 
from the original draft. 

Judge Rhoads also introduced and warmly su})i»oi'ted the 
bill for organizing the Xormal School at Terre Haute, in con- 
sideration of which the teachers of the State unanimously 
chose hiui to delivei- the annual address at their meeting in 
LaFavette, in 1866. In 1<s68 be was elected Professor of Greek 



HISTORY OF INItlAxVA I'MVKKSITV. 139 

ill the Indiana University Init deelined, [(referring to study law. 
lie was elected a Trustee of tlie University, serving from 18t)H 
till lie resigned in 1872. W^lien a Trustee he, in ectiinection 
with I)r. (Moud, of Evansville, was the coniniittee (Dr. C^loud 
entrusting the whole niaiiagement of the aft'air to him) to pur- 
chase the large and valuahle collection of minerals and geolog- 
ical specimens which Di-. David D. Owen had collected in his 
survey's as United States Geologist and had ohtained hy ex- 
change and purchase. The sum j)aid for it was $20,000. 

In 1870 Judge Rlioads was elected Professor of Law in 
Indiana Univei'sity, which chair he filled till 1877. On his 
resignation the sehool was closed. 

He then tra\'eled for some tinu' iu Kurope, and while there 
made the acquaintance of many men, eminent in law and 
science. He studied with great care the financial and econo- 
mic questions j)resented there, and uiade a specialty of the 
matter of State <M)ntrol of railroads, as j)resented in Belgium 
and iu Oei'many. 

In 18(j8 Mr. Hlioads was elected Judge of the Court of Oom- 
mon Pleas, iu tlu' district composed (jf Montgomery, Fountain, 
and Vermilli<ui Couuties, hut hy some frauds iu the Covington 
<listi"ict, he was counted out. The per}>etrator of this fraud 
has since confessed it. In .Vpril, 1881, Judge Plioads was ap- 
pointed hy (xoveriKu- Porter, Judge of the Superior Court of 
\^igo County. 

In additiou to Judge Uhoads distinction as a scholar, law- 
yer and politician, he has also some claim to distinction as a 
scientist. In 1802 Judge Rlioads made a geological tour 
among the hills of Sand Creek, and there unearthed a stone, iu 
which was imhedded a fossil never hefore classified. This fos- 
sil was sent to Professor Meek, the paleontologist of the 
Smithsonian Institute, who pronounced it new and valuahle. 
It is figured in tlie Fifth Volume of the Illinois Geological 
reports, Dana and Agasiz proiujunce it the first discovery of 
the kind, and hence entitled to the discoveror's name — Enpa- 
chijcriiuis Tii/irrciilfifits Rhoddsij. 

.JAxMES THOMPSON 

Was born September 27. 1828, in Franklin, Delaware County, 
N". Y. His opportunities for intellectual culture were good, 
and as he was endowed with a luiiid of superioi* character. 



140 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

he made good use of his advantages. He attended the 
Dehuvare Literary Institute and Fredonia Seminary. When 
nineteen years old he was appointed a cadet in the U. vS. Mili- 
tary Academy at West Point. He was graduated with honor 
July 1, 1851, standing ISTo. 6 in a large class. He was pro- 
moted to Brevet Lieutenant, Second Artillery, on the same 
day. He served in tlie garrison at Newport Barracks, Ky., in 
1851. In 1852 he served at Fort Wood as Second Lieutenant, 
Second Artillery. He was next ordered to Fort Moultrie, 
S. C, where he continued till 1854. August 19, 1856, he was 
married to Miss Julia M, Taliaferro, of IS'ewport, Ky. From 
1854 to 1857 Lieutenant Thompson was Assistant Professor of 
Mathematics in the ^lilitary Academy. In 1859 he was in the 
gai'rison at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Mass. Li 
1860-1)1 he was on frontier duty at Fort Brown, Texas, ami in 
the latter part of 1861 at Fort Hamilton, X. Y. While at 
Fort Brown the Rebellion was inaugurated, and Jjieutenant 
Thompson was one of the first prisoners of war. He was 
pai'oled and came to Newport, where he remained until ex- 
changed. He served during the whole of the War of the Re- 
bellion — in defense of Fort Pickens in 1861, in the Manassas 
campaign, and in battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Before this 
cara[»aign he had been promoted to a captaincy for gallant 
conduct. He next served in the defenses about Washington, 
D. C. Next we hild him in the Peninsular campaign (Army of 
the Potomac), engaged in the siege of Yorktown, at tlie battle 
of Williamsburg in 1862, in the battle of Fair Oaks May 31, 
1862, in skirmishes on the 25th t(» 29th of June, 1862, near 
Seven Pines, and in the battle of (llendale, June 30, 1862. For 
his meritorious and gallant services at this battle he was bre- 
vetted Major. On the following day he fought at the battle of 
Malvern Hill, and on the next day in a skirmish at Harrison's 
Landing. For about a month he was absent on sick-leave. 
After this he served as Chief of Artillery in defense of Cin- 
cinnati during the rebel raid in September, 18()2. He next 
served in the department of Ohio, and while in the army of 
Kentucky he was engaged in the defense of Fraidclin, Tenn., 
and in the battle of Chicanniuga, Oa., in September, 1863. 
He organized an artillery regiment in Kentucky in 1863 and 
1864, and was on mustering and disbursing duty at Louisville, 
Ky. (March to May), 1864, and on tlie same duty at Cincinnati, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 141 

Oliio, immediately afterward. In September, 1864, he was iu 
the garrison at Fort Point, Cah, and on mustering and dis- 
bursing duty at San Francisco, Cah, in 1865, and on recruiting 
service in January, 1866, at the same place. Major Thompson 
was l)revetted Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865. Such is the 
account given of Colonel Thompson in the U. g. Army Regis- 
ter. In 1860 he was Commissioner of Education for Ten- 
nessee under General HoAvard, and had charge of the educa- 
tional interests of the freedmen. It was under his superinten- 
dence that Central Tennessee College at Nashville was founded. 
The freedmen, for whose mental and moral condition he has 
done so much, loved him, and gave his name to the chapel of 
the College. In 1859 failing, health compelled his retirement 
from the army, or, as expressed by the official Army Register, 
"he was retired from disability resulting from long and faith- 
ful service." In 1870 he was offered and accepted a Professor- 
ship of Military Science and Civil Engineering in Indiana 
University. He remained in Bloomington until 1876, when his 
health l)ecame so l)ad that he resigned and returned to New- 
port. 

Colonel Thompson, the brave soldier and the man of science, 
was an humble follower of Christ and an active member in the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Both in Bloomington and as a 
meml)er of Glrace Church, Newport, Ky., with which he had 
connected himself in 1866, he held a number of church offices ; 
and in all these offices, whether as steward, Sunday-school 
teacher or superintendent, he discharged all the duties devolv- 
ing upon him with energy and zeal. During the last years of 
his illness he suffered much. On Friday, February 13, 1880, he 
departed this life. In the words of his pastor, Rev. M. Mul- 
lenix, to whose o])itaary notice we are indebted for a part of 
this sketch, "Colonel Thompson was one of the wisest, truest 
and purest men we have ever known." 

JUDGE SAMUEL E. PERKINS. 

Samuel E. Perkins was born in Brattleboro, Vt., on the 6th 
of December, 1811. He was left without parents or property 
when five years old, and was adopted into the family of Wil- 
liam Baker, a respectable farmer of Conway, Mass., with whom 
he lived and lal)ored till he was twenty-one. During this 



142 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

period, by the aid of three months' schooling a year in tlie 
State free schools during the winter months, and by devoting 
rainy days and evenings to booki^, he secured himself a good 
English education and made a beginning in the study of the 
dead languages. After he had reached his majority he pursued 
his studies in ditferent schools, working mornings and even- 
ings and during vacations to raise money for tuition and sup- 
port. The last year of this course of studies was spent in the 
Yates County Academy, jSTew York, of which Seymour B. 
Gookins, a bi'other of Judge Gookins, of Terre Haute, was 
Principal. Sometime about 1834 he attended the Fellenburg 
Academy at Shelburn, Mass. After this he studied law in 
Penn Yan, X. Y., writing in law offices for his l)oard and tui- 
tion. 

In the fall of 1836 he came alone on foot to Indiana. He 
was not acquainted with any one in the State. He arrived at 
Richmond and spent the winter reading law in the office of 
Judge Borden. In the following spring he was admitted to 
the l)ar at CentrcAnlle, the county seat of Wayne County, but 
opened his office in Richmond. He l)ecame editor of the Jeffer- 
sonian, a lately established Democratic paper. He soon found 
himself in this place in the midst of a large and lucrative 
practice. 

In 1843 he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney l)y Governor 
Whitcoml) for that judicial district, and in 1844 was one of the 
electors who gave the vote of the State to Polk. In 1841 he 
was nominated by Governor Whitcomb to a seat on the Su- 
preme Bench, but Avas not confirmed. The same thing oc- 
curred the following year. On the adjournment of the Legis- 
ture Judge Perkins received from the Governor the appoint- 
ment for one year to the Supreme Bench. On the reelection 
of Governor Whitcomb Judge Perkins was renominated and 
his nomination was confirmed by the Senate. When called to 
tlie Supreme Bench he was but thirty-four years old. While on 
the Supreme Bench he prepared the Indiana Digest, a volume 
of over 800 pages, requiring great research, and one then of 
great use to and highly esteemed l)y the Indiana bar. In the 
following year he prepared *•' The Indiana Practice," in size and 
appearance like the " Digest.'' In 1852 he was elected and in 
1858 reelected to the Supreme Bench, and again in 1876. In 
1857 he received the appointment of Professor of Law in the 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 143 

Nortliwesteni (now Butler) University, and in 1870 was chosen 
Professor of Law in the Indiana University, which post he oc- 
cupied till 1872. 

Judge Perkins was a man of large intellect and endowments. 
He was a profound thinker, a hold, incisive and scholarly 
writer, and" an enlightened and impartial Judge. 

Judge Pei'kins was married twice, tirst in 1838 to a daughter 
of Joseph Pyle, of Richmond, Ind, His second wife was also 
a daughter of Joseph Pyle. 

Judge Perkins died at the close of the year 1880. 

TIL(4HMAN HOWARD xMALLOW 

Was born in .Johnson County, Indiana, December 20, 1841. 
Died at his father's residence in Johnston County, August 13, 
1872. Professor Mallow received his early education in the dis- 
trict schools of his native county. In 18(37 he entered the fresh- 
man class of the University and when in this class, on account 
of excellence as a scholar, he assisted in the Preparatory De- 
partment. Immediately after his graduation he was made 
adjunct Professor of Language and Principal of the Prepara,tory 
Department. He held this position for one college year, his 
life of much promise being cut off by consumption. 

REV. JOHN L. GAY, A. M., 

Was born in Iredell C/Ounty, North Carolina. He was prepared 
for college at the AVilkesburg and Beford Academies, and en- 
tered the iS^orth C^arolina L^niversity in 1831, where he re- 
mained three years, Imt through feeble health was compelled 
to leave before graduation. After the recovery of his health 
he studied law and practiced at the bar in Alabama for four 
years. Abandoning that profession he was ordained a deacon 
in the Episcopal church in 1843. In 1845 he was advanced to 
the priesthood, and has continuously exercised his office as a 
clergyman ever since — first in Alabama then in Florida, and 
then in the diocese of western New York. From western New 
York he Avent successively to Tennessee, North Carolina and 
Delaware, thence to Canada, in the diocese of Quebec, and after 
that to Indiana, thence to Kansas, and from Kansas to Missouri, 
where he has resided and labored for more than eight years, in 
Fayette, his present (1887) home. His life has been laborious 



144 HISTORY UF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

yet uueveiitful, mainly occupied as a inissionai-y clergyiiian ot 
the Protestant Episcopal chnrch. He has spent forty-fonr 
years of his life in this service, as an humble laborer in the 
Lord's vineyard. Before Professor Gay studied law, he was 
Professor of Languages in Alabama University. Li 1871-72 
lie was Professor of Englisli Literature in Indiana University. 

DELANA R. ECKELS 

Was born August 19, 1806, in Fleming County, Ky., was edu- 
cated in Flemingsburg, and in those early days, when colleges 
and academies were rare, Judge Eckels, l)y his ow-n study and 
self-training, acquired the knowledge necessary for the prac- 
tice of the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1827, and for 
sixteen years was a Judge on the Federal and State Bench. He 
was chosen Professor of Law in the University, a position he 
occupied in 1872-3. 

Judge Eckels served one year in the Mexican War as a caj)- 
tain, and was in the campaign under General Johnson in 
Utah. In 1827 he served one session in the Legislature. He 
was the first Mayor of the city of Greencastle, and organized 
and conducted the free schools at their establishment in 1853. 

In 1827 he connected himself with the Christian Church, 
and has, during his long life, served his country and his God 
as a teacher, soldier, advocate, statesman, judge and Christian. 

Judge Eckels died November 5, 1888, at Greencastle, Ind. 

UEORUE PARROTT. 

(^eorge Parrott was l>orn at Dayton, Ohio, August 12, 1832; 
was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware 
Connty, Ohio, July, 1852, and received the degree A. M. in 
1855. Subse(|uent to his graduation Mr. Parrott was for six- 
teen years engaged in the traveling ministry of tlie Methodist 
Episcopal Church. For three years he was President of Yin- 
cennes University, and in 1872-3 was Professor of English Lit- 
erature in the the Indiana University at Bloomington. Since 
1873, from failure of his voice, he engaged in business in the 
l*arrott Manufacturing Company, at Dayton, Ohio, of which 
he is at present (1883) its secretary and treasurer. During the 
war he was connected for a time with the Christian Commis- 
sion, statione(l at Murfreesborough, Tennessee. Wliile in In- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 145 

diauii lie \v;i.s tlie special eorrespoiident of the C'iiieinuati Daily 
Gazette aud Daily Times. In 1879 he retired from tlie minis- 
try. Professor Parrott was an aeeeptalde and eloquent preacher 
in the M. E. C'hnreh, and was frequently called on for public 
athlresses before societies. At the invitation of the Faculty he 
preached the annual sermon at the Ohio Wesleyan rniversity, 
in 1S72. 

DAVID W. LA FOLLETTK 

Was born in F^'loyd County, Indiana, 8ei>tember lo, 1825, and 
is one of eleven children, of Robert and Martha La Follette, 
who emigrated from Kentucky to the Territory of Indiana, 
November 5, 1804. He was brought u]) in poverty, and in 
early life learned that honest toil is the surest road to prosper- 
ity, lie received his early education in the county schools, 
and by his labor he ac(piired the means to detVay his expenses, 
while obtaining a professional education, lie commenced the 
study of law with the IIonoral)le W. A. Porter, of Corydon, 
Indiana, and continued there till the fall of 1848, at which time 
he entered the Law Department of the State University. In 
February, 1849, he graduated, receiving the degree of LL. B. 
In the same year he was admitted to the bar and commenced 
]>rat'tice at Corydon, Indiana. In 1852 he was elected District 
Attorney foi- the Court of Common Pleas. He removed to 
New Albany in 1855, where he tormed a partnership with 
James C\)llins, aud in 1858 was elected Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas of Floyd County. In 1872 he was appointed 
Judge of the Criminal Circuit Court of Floyd and Clark Coun- 
ties, but declined, and accepted the ap})ointment of Prosecuting 
Attorney of the same district. In 1873 Judge La Follette was 
appointed one of the Law Professors of the Indiana Fniver- 
sity, and filled the chair during the collegiate year to the entire 
satisfaction of the Board of Trustees. Since then he has 
devoted his time to the practice of his profession in the city of 
New Albany, Indiana, and for two years was C^ity Attorney 
(1881). In 1886 he was Prosecuting Attorney of the Circuit 
Court, City Attorney of New Albany, and has been President 
of the New Albany C^ity School Boar<] for eight years. 

Judge La Follette is an elder in the Christian Church. He 
married Catharine R. (loldsberry Api'il 17, 185(1, who died 
Novend)er 2, 18(^2, leaving a daughter. <)ct()bei' 2(1, 18(33, he 
married Ilari'iett A. Williams. 



14(1 HISTORY OF INDIANA TNIVERSITY. 



MLSS MARGARET HEMPHILL M CALLA. 

Miss McCalUi received her early education in the Monroe 
County Female Seminary, of which for so many years Mrs. E. 
McFersou, now of Evansville, was the accom])lished jn'incipal. 
Miss McC-alla's life has heen devoted to teacdiing. Her iirst 
j)Osition was in the seminai'v of which she had heen a pupil. 
From 18(>7to 1873 she was principal of the Xinth Street School, 
Evansville. For four years she was assistant in the j>re|)ara- 
tory department of Indiana ITniversity, and i'or more than a 
decade the superintendent of the city graded sehools. These 
schools, seldom numhei'ing less than 600 under her adminis- 
tration, were ke[)t in excellent ordei', and well instriu-tcd. For 
a innnhcr of years Miss McC-alla \\'as the only lady sui)erin- 
tendent of the puhlic schools of the State. After having tilled 
this i'es}»onsil)le position for ahout sixteen years, which she 
has held with so much credit to lierself and advantage to the 
community, slu- li;is uow (1S!H)) in-tiriMl to private lit"e. 

MISS SARAH I'ARKK MORRISON, A. M., 

Was Itorn in Salem, Ind., and educated in the Salem Seminary, 
of which her father, the Hon. John 1. Moi'rison, was proprietor 
and founder. She completed a course of study at the Indian- 
apolis Commercial College in 1882, and also at Mt. Holyoke 
Seminary, Massachusetts, where she graduated in 1857. She 
afterward, in 18(J8, entered Indiana University and graduated, 
in 18()!> receiving the degree A. 13., and thret' years after the 
degree A. M. Since graduating, Miss Morrison has heen en- 
gaged in teaching and otlnu' literary and religious work. She 
W'as j)U[til teacher at \"assar ('ollege, was one of the instructors 
at the sunimei- school for teachers at the State Xorinal, Terre 
Haute. From 1873 to 1875 she w^as connected with the Univer- 
sit}', first as tutor, ami aftei'ward as adjuut-t Professor of Eng- 
lish Literature. Since 1875 she has heen husily engaged in 
tem]»erance and religious work, and in studying and writing. 

Miss Morrison \vas the first of her sex to formally apply for 
admission to the University on the same terms as were afforded 
to vounsi- nu'U. 



HISTORY (tF I.\1»!AN.V rXLVEESl'IY. 147 



WALTER l\. HOUGHTON. 

W. R. ilouii-litoii was horn October :>, l!S45, iicai- Mt. l*leas- 
ant, Iiid. His present (1889) residence is Chicago, Ills, He 
received liis early education at Mt. Pleasant, and afterward at 
Washington, Daviess County, Ind. Before entering college he 
taught school, giving great satisfaction to all concerned. As 
a student of the University, he entered as a Freshman in 1866, 
was one year absent from the college, and graduated with high 
honor in 1871. Immediately after graduation he was elected 
to teach (Ireek and Latin in the Bedford Male and Female 
College Seminary. After a year's service in Bedford, he \vas 
invited to take charge of the Freshman Chiss in Indiana Tni- 
versity. The following year he was elected by the Trustees 
Principal of the Preparatory Department, in which ]iosition he 
continued till 1884. The Trustees, at the recommendation of 
the Faculty, conferred on him the degree A. M., a year l)efore 
the usual time in which students who pursued, after graduation, 
a literary course, received it. As Principal of the Preparatory 
Department, Professor Houghton showed himself to l)e a 
thoroughly competent instructor, and an excellent disciplin- 
arian ; not only attending to the duties of the school, but doing 
a great amount of work in the study of History and Govern- 
mental Science. Professor Houghton's ettbrts at (d>Jective 
teaching in History attracted the attention of the College 
Board, and the President of the Board (John I. Morrison) sug- 
gested the embodiment in the form of a publication, both for 
the school room and for original work. This novel method of 
presenting " History " also attracted the attention of Attorney- 
General Baldwin (then umicquainted with Professor H.) who 
urg-ed him to undertake the Constitutional Ilistorv of the 
ll^nited States by administrations. This work was not under- 
taken at that time, owing to the pressure of other matters. 
For several years Professor H. was engaged in compiling in- 
formation on Historical and Governmental subjects, to be used 
in future publications. In conjunction witli Professoi' Hernum 
B. Boisen, the Professor of Modern Languages in the Univer- 
sity, the plan was laid for uniting the High Schools with the 
State University. The plan was adopted and the result secured, 
but the originators remained unknown. Professor Houghton 
is the author of several works, some of which are hei-e men- 
tioned. 



148 HISTORY OF INDIANA INIVERSITY. 

1. '' Porti-iival of United States History, Literature and Ge- 
ography."' This was designed for reference and the school 
room. It has been adopted in various counties of the Eastern 
and Western States. Published by Hussey & Co., Chicago. 

2. "■ A Conspectus of the History of Political Parties and 
the Federal Government," issued in map and atlas form. This 
has elicited highly complimentary testimonials. It was favor- 
ably revicAved in " The Nation " and other periodicals. It was 
highly commended by Lossing, the historian ; by Garfield, Ran- 
dall and Arthur. This was puldished by Townsend MacCoun, 
of New York. 

3. A biographical work, ''The Lives of Blaine and Logan," 
of which 20,000 copies were sokl. Published by Chirk & Co., 
Chicago. 

4. " History of American Politics," which has been used as 
a text-book on Constitutional and Political History in the In- 
diana University, and in other schools of the State. This work 
contains an ingenious mechanical representation of the nia- 
chiiiery of the U. S. Government, and also of the separate States. 

5. "■ A Map of United States History," consisting of a map 
of the country containing leading events, located in the States 
in which they occur. Published by Andrews & Co., Chicago. 

6. '' A Map of Political History," published by H. M. CUark, 
Chicago. 

Professor Houghton is the editor of several other works and 
pamphlets. March, 1884, he, contracted with a [)ublisliing 
house of Chicago to enter upon work for them, but remained 
in the Indiana University till the close of the college year, when 
his resignation wa.s accepted. And now, having made ar- 
rangements so that his works can be published without his 
special supervision, he will tui-n his attention to teaching. 

WILLIAM UAY BALLANTINE, 

The younger son of Professor Elisha Ballantine, was born at 
Washington, D. C, December 7, 1848. His early education 
and training he received from his father. In 1862-3 he was in 
the vSenior Preparatory Department of Indiana University. 
January 5, 1865, he entered the Freshman Class of Wabash 
College, Indiana, where he completed his Freshman and Soph- 
omore Years. He then entered the Junior Class of Marietta 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 149 

College, fruiii wliieli he graduated in 1868, receiving the de- 
grees A. B. and A. M. in course. Professor Ballantine entered 
the Union Theological Seminary in 1869, completed the course 
in that Institution, and was, in 1875, licensed to preach the 
gospel, and, in 1880, was ordained. Shortly after graduation 
he went abroad and spent some time in England and Germany. 
In the fall of '72 he was a student in the University of Leipsic. 
Returning in 1873, he became pro tem. Professor of English 
Literature in Indiana Tniversity. Leaving Bloomington, he 
accepted a Professorship of Chemistry and Natural Science in 
Ripon College, Wisconsin, which he held from 1873 to 1876. 
In 1876-78 he was Associate Professor of Greek in Indiana 
University. He accepted a Professorship c^f Hebrew and Greek 
Exegesis in Obei'lin Theological Seminary in 1876, which he 
held till 1878, and in the next year became Professor of the Old 
Testament Language and Literature in the same Institution. 
In 1885 Professor Ballantine received the honorary degree D. D. 
from Marietta College. In 1885-86 he was Professor in the 
Chicago Summer School of the Institute of Hebrew. Since 
the year 1884 he has been one of the editors of the BibUofheca 
Sacra. 

From February to August, 1873, Professor Ballantine was 
Assistant Engineer of the American Palestine Exploring Ex- 
pedition. The greater part of this time was spent in the Land 
of Moab. 

August 17, 1875, Professor Ballautiiic nuii-ried Miss Emnui 
Frances At wood, of Waupun, Wisconsin. 

JAMES KIRKWOOI) BECK. 

Professor Beck was born July 11, 1850, at Hamburg, Clark 
County, lud. Was educated at Barnet's Academy, Charleston, 
Ind. Entered the Freshman Class of Indiana University, and 
graduated in 1874, receiving the degrees A. B. and A. M. in 
course. Soon after graduation he was an assistant in the Pre- 
paratory department of the University, and in 1889 Principal 
of the department, and in 1890 Associate Professor of Latin 
and Greek in the University. Professor Beck married Miss 
Falena Adams, of Blooming-ton, a ii'raduate of the class of 1876. 



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150 HISTORY OF INDIANA I'NIVERSITY, 



TH0MA8 CHARLTON VAN NUYS, M. D. 

Dr. Van Nuys was born Mareli 24, 1844, in Switzerland 
Connty, Ind. Received his education at diiferent schools in 
the county of his birth, at the Universities of Berlin and 
Strasburg, and the Chemical Institute of Wiesbaden. He 
studied medicine at the Medical College of Ohio, from which 
he received the degree M. D. Since graduation he practiced 
medicine and lectured in the city of E vans vi lie, where he re- 
sided for some time. In 1874 he was elected Professor of 
Chemistry in Indiana University, a position he still occupies 
(1889). Dr. Van IS'uys is the author of a work on ''Chemistry 
and Microscopy of the Urine." In the year 1875 he was mar- 
ried to Miss Mary Elizabeth Hunter, daughter of General Mor- 
ton C. Hunter, of Bloominoton, Ind. 



CYRUS F. M NUTT 



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Was l)()rn in Johnson County, Ind., July 29, 1887; was edu- 
cated at Franklin College, Ind., entering in 1856, but did not 
graduate, although he received the honorary degree of A. M. 
in 1878 from that college. Mr. McXutt was elected Professor 
in the Law Department in 1875, and continued till the close of 
the Law School in 1877. He is a resident and practicing law- 
yer of Terre Haute, Ind. 

OWEN BENNER CLARK 

Was born January 11, 1850, in Warsaw, Ind. He received his 
early education at the Warsaw Union School, and at the Pre- 
paratory Department of Chicago University. Entering that 
University, he graduated in 1872, receiving the degree, A. B., 
and three years after, the degree, A. M. After graduation, in 
1873-4, he attended the Chicago Medical College, and after- 
. wards, the Baptist Union Theological Seminary. In 1872-3 he 
was 1^'incipal of the Winnatka Institute, and the following- 
year, ■74-'5, Principal of the Preparatory Department, Uni- 
versity of Chicago. In 187(3-8 he was Professor of English in 
Antioch College, Ohio. In 1878 he was elected Professor of 
Greek in Indiana University. In 1880 he w^as transferred to 
the chair of English Language and Literature, which position 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITV. 151 

he still holds. During the summer of this year he made a 
tour throutj-h Eno-laud, Scotland and France. Before his con- 
nection with Indiana Uniyersity lie was agent for the "Na- 
tion,'' during tlie year 1875-H. With this exception, Professor 
Clark's whole Avork has been devoted to education. In the 
year 1885-6, having leave of absence, he spent in Harvard 
University, as a graduate student, receiving upon examination 
the degree, A. M. During this time at Harvard he was holder 
<^f the Morgan Fellowship. 

Professor Clark married Aliss Mary Elizabeth Morris, of 
Warsaw, Ind., Deceml)er 31, 1874. 

JOHN (JRAV NEWKIRK 

Was \){)i'\\ in (Ti'centield, Ulster County, X. Y., l)eceml)er 5, 
1847. Was educated at Cornell University, where he i-eceived 
tlie degree of A. B. in 1873. He studied law at the Albany 
(X. Y.) Law School, and received the degree LL. B. in 1874. 
In 1880 Professor X. was elected Professor of History in In- 
diana University, \\'hicli position lie lias held till 188t). 

WII.LIAAi KUSSHI.L OUDLEY 

AYas born March 1, 1841), at Guilford, New Haven , County, 
Conn. His present residence is at Cornell University, Utica, 
X. Y. During the absence, in 1887, of Di". Jordan, Professor 
of Biology in the University, Professor Dudley had the charge 
of his department. 

Professor Dudley received his early education at Guilford, 
Conn., and his collegiate education at Cornell University, 
graduating in 1874, B. S., and in 1876 the degree of M. S. He 
attended the Agassiz Summer School in 1874 and the Harvard 
Summer School of Botany in 1876. Ever since his graduation 
he has been engaged in teaching. From 1874 to 1876 an in- 
structor in Cornell University; from 1876 to 1885 Assistant 
Professor of Botany in Cornell, and since that time Assistant 
Professor of Cryptogamic Botany (1887). He was Professor 
of Botany at Martha's A^ineyard Summer Institute in 1878 and 
1879. Professor Dudley is the author of "Bulletin of Cornell 
University" (science), vol. ii., part i. ; "The Cayuga Flora," 
170 pages, and two maps (1886). He has also contriV)nted a 



1,52 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

luniiber of papers to the scientific magazines. He lias twice 
been elected to a professorsliii) in Indiana University, l)nt each 
time declined the offered j)ositi()n. 

ANNA TIlANKFl'L BALLANTINE. 

The }>resent residence of Miss Ballantine is Fisk University, 
Nashville, Tenn. The place of her Ijirth Avas Prince Edward 
Conrt Honse, Virginia. She came to Indiana with her parents, 
the Rev. Dr. E. Ballantine and wife, in the year 1854. She re- 
ceived her early education at the Female Seminary, Monroe 
County, Ind. She afterwards attended the Ohio Female Col- 
lege, at Grlendale, where she graduated in 1861, receiving the 
degree A. B. Her occupation for a number of years has been 
teaching; for some time a teacher of Latin in Glendale Col- 
lege. On her return to Bloomington was an assistant in the 
Latin Preparatory De[)artment of the Indiana Universit3\ At 
}>resent she occupies the responsible position as princi})al of 
the Ladies Department in Fisk University, Tenn. 

WILLIAM TAYLOR .lACKSON 

Was l)orn Octol)er 25, 1839, in Willoughljy, Lincolnshire, Eng- 
hmd. His earlier education was at Richmond and Boston, 
England. After coming to this conntry he attended Western 
College, Toledo, Iowa, from which he received the degree A, 
M. in 1867. He graduated in 1864 at Michigan University, re- 
ceiving the degree A. B. Studying theology at Yale College 
lie received the degree B. D., and in 1879 the honorary degree 
of Ph. D. The general occupation of Professor Jackson since 
graduation has been the ministry and teaching. He was Prin- 
cipal of Westfield Seminary and Professor in Westfield C^ollege, 
Illinois, in 1864-70; Principal of Greenhill Seminary, 1870-72 
and 1875-78; Principal of Fostoria Academy, Ohio, 1879-80; 
Acting Professor of Modern Languages, Indiana University, 
1880-81. Professor Jackson is the author of an '^ Exposition 
of tlie Ethical Systems of Seneca and Kant." 

KUFUS BYRAM RICHARDSON. 

Kufns B. Richardson was boi-n in Westford, ALiss., April 18, 
1845. Received the dee-ree of A. B. from Yale College in 1869. 






HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 153 

and also in 1S7H the degree of Ph. D. From 1879 to 1872 was 
a stiident in the Theological Seminary of Yale College ; from 
1874 to 1878 was tntor in the College. In 1880 he was elected 
Professor of Greek in Indiana University, which position he 
held till 1882, when, to the regret of the Facnlty and students, 
he resigned, accepting the professorship of {irreek in Dartmouth 
College, which position he now (1885) holds. Professor Rich- 
ardson served one year in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment 
during the War of the Rebellion. He has been a contributor 
of various articles in the " Xew Knglauder'" aud (»ther peri- 
odicals. 

SAMUEL GARNER. 

Samuel Garner was l)orn Xovember 1(3, 1846, in St. Mary's 
County, Md. He received the degree B. A. from St. John's 
College, Annapolis, Md., in 1871, and Ph. I), from Johns 
H()}tkins PTniversity in 1881. Since his graduation his princi- 
l^al occupation has l)een teaching. From 1874 to 1876 he was 
a l)auk clerk in the Traders' National Bank, Baltimore. In 
1879-80 he was instructor in Romanic Jjanguages, Johns 
Hopkins University. From 1881 to 1887 he was Professor in 
Indiana University; from 1881 to 1886, Professor of Modern 
Languages, and from 1886 to 1887, of Homanee Language, 
I'rofessor Garner is the author of a work entitled, "• The Ge- 
rundial Construction in the Romanic Languages," and also the 
writei' (^f numerous articles contributed to the " American 
•lournal of Philology'' and "Modern Language Notes " and 
other papers and journals. At present (1889) Dr. Garner is 
J^i'ofessor in the U. S. Xaval Academy, Annai)olis, Md. 

HORACE ADDISON HOFFMAN 

Was born July 80, 1855, at Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana. 
He received his early education at the country schools and at 
the Auburn High School. After leaving the Higli School he 
tauffht for live winters. Entering- Indiana University in 1877, 
he graduated A. B. in 1881. The next year after graduation, 
he was Assistant in the departments of Latin aud Greek, and 
in 1883-84 he was absent on leave, spending the year as a 
graduate student in Classical Philology, in Llarvard University, 
from which, in June, 1884, he received the degree of A. M. On 



154 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

his return to Blooiiiiiigtou he was elected Professor of the 
Greek Language and Literature in Indiana University, which 
position he at present (1890) hokls. 

Professor Hoffman married Miss Anna Bowman, June 13, 
1888, at her home, Monticello, Indiana. 

AUGUSTUS ARiMAGNAC, PH. D., 

Was born March 5, 1839, in the West Indies. He first entered 
Madison University, Hamilton, New York, but afterward en- 
tered Princeton College, New Jersey, where he graduated in 
1861, receiving tlie degrees A. M. and Ph. D. Since gradua- 
tion he has been a teacher and before his connection with Indi- 
ana University was Principal of the Irving Institute, a flourish- 
ing boarding school at Tarrytown, New York. 

He was elected Professor of Greek in 1882, and served in 
that capacity until the close of the college year of 1883-1884, 
when he resigned and returned to resume his former position 
in Tarrytown, where he still resides. He was married in 1870 
to Miss Harriet D. Powe. 

MISS MARIA I'URTER BRACE, 

Was born at PennYan, Yates County, X. Y., was educated 
at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, from which institution she 
received the degree of A. B., in 1872. Miss Brace having a 
remarkable talent for elocution, was engaged as a teacher of 
that art and an instructor in reading, in Yassar College. In 
the year 1882 she gave a four weeks' course in elocution to the 
Senior and Junior classes of the University, and in the same 
year she was elected Professor of Elocution, resigning in 1883. 
She also gave instruction in elocution in Cliicago and in New 
York. ' 

SAMUEL BROWN UVLIE, 

Was born June 26, 1854, at Oxford, Butler Connty, Ohio. 
In May, 1855, his parents and family returned to Blooming- 
ton, his father having been recalled to a professorship in the 
University. Mr. Wylie received his early education at the 
Bloomington Public Schools, and at the Academy of Professor 
E. P.-Cofe. In 1867 he attended the Classical Academy of the 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 155 



Kev. Dr. J. W. Faries at Philadelphia, Pa. Soon after his return 
in 1872, he entered the Freshman Class of the Universit3' and 
gradnated in 1870, receiving the degree B. S. In 1882 he re- 
ceived from the University })}'<> merito the degree M. S. Soon 
after gradnation he heeame assistant in the department of 
Physics and Chemistry. Dnring the absence of the l*rofessor 
of Chemistry, for one year, the Professor of Pliysics was called 
upon to take charge of the department, in addition to the 
(hities of his own room. Mr. W'vlie and Mi-. W. E. iVJottet 
wei-e selected as assistants, and by them the principal [lart of 
the work was carried on. In 1881-82, the Professor of Chem- 
istry being absent for one year, through ill health, Mr. AVylie 
was entrusted with the whole department, assisted by Mr. J. 
N". Corr, at present an assayer in Colorado. After the destruc- 
tion by fire of the laboratory, his services were not recpiired for 
a year. This j-ear he spent in the philosophical and chemical 
apparatus establishment of J. W. Queen k Co., Philadelphia. 
On his return from Philadelphia the Professor of Chemistry 
found that an assistant in his department was not necessary; 
he then continued his studies for a short time in Johns Hop- 
kins Univei'sity, and not long after his return to Bloomington 
received the appointment of Professor of Physics in Geneva 
College, P>eaver Falls, Pa. 

In 187H he married Miss Seabro(d< Mitcliell, of Bh)omington. 

W. .]. BRYAN. 

William .Julian Bryan was born Xovember 11, 18<j(), at 
Bloomington, Ind. He was the son of Kev. John Bryan, of 
the United Presbyterian Church. 

Professor Bryan received his early education in the Plooni- 
ington High School ; entered Indiana University in 1880, re- 
ceiving the degree A. B. in 1884, and the degree of A. M. on 
the presentation of a thesis on ''The Polar Logic of Heracli- 
tus."* 

Aftei- his graduation in 1884, I*rofessor Bryan was appointed 
Tutor in the University; in 1885 Associate Professor of Phi- 
losophy, and in 1887 Professor of Philosophy. In 1886-7 he 
spent a year in Berlin in the study of philosophy and the Ger- 
man language, and having returned he now (1890) occupies his 
chair in tlie University. 

Prof. Bryan married Miss Charlotte Lowe, of Indianapolis. 



156 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



ALLEN BEARDEN PHILPUTT. 

Mr. Pliilputt was born May 6, 1856, at Flatcreek, Teun. lu 
1876 he entered tlie Freshman Chxss of the Indiana University 
and graduated in 1880, receiving the degree A. B., and in '87 
A. M. {yro merito). During his Senior year Mr. Philputt fre- 
quently preached to the " Disciples '' in tlie town and country 
adjacent, and after graduation was chosen minister of the 
Christian Church in Bloomington. For some time he Avas a 
member of the School Board of Bloomington. In 1884 he was 
appointed Instructor in Latin and Greek in the University, 
and in the following year Associate Professor. He spent a year 
at Harvard University, and on the completion of his studies 
there, returned to Bloomington. In 1888 he I'esigned his po- 
sition in the University and accepted a call to the charge of 
a congregation in Philadelphia. Mr. Philputt married Miss 
Anna Maxwell, daughter of Dr. J. D. Maxwell, of Blooming- 
ton, Ind. 

.JOHN C. BRANNER. 

John Casper Branner was born July 4, 1850, at ISTew Market, 
JeiFerson County, East Tennessee. Was educated at Maryville 
College, East Tennessee ; also attended school at Ithaca Acad- 
emy, completing his education jit Cornell University, Ithaca, 
Xew York, taking the degree B. S. in 1874. The degree Ph. D. 
was conferred in course by Indiana University in the year 
1885. In this same year he accepted the Professorship of 
Geology and Botau}- in the University. Ever since his gradu- 
ation in Cornell University he has been practically engaged in 
the study and extension of his favorite science, Geology, and 
Natural History in general. He became Assistant Geologist 
on the Imperial Geological Survey of Brazil (S. A.), in the 
year 1884; also. Assistant Geologist, Engineer and Interpreter 
of the Sao Cyriaco Gold Mining Company, Minas Geraes, Bra- 
zil ; and Special Commissioner of Mr. Thomas A. Edison to 
South America and the West Indies ; Special Agent of the 
United States Department of Agriculture ; Assistant in the 
Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, and Professor of Geology 
in Indiana University ; Special Assistant of the United States 
Geological Survev, in 1886: Director of the State Geological 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 157 

(Survey of Arkansas, and Collaltoratenr of tlie T'olyglot (ieo- 
logieal ])i('tionarv. 

Dr. Branner is the author of many vahiable articles t-ontrih- 
uted to the transactions of various phih)sophical societies, and 
to scientiiic periodicals, a concise summary of wliich is here 
i!^iven : 

1. Tlie Course and Growth of tlie Fihro-Vascuhir Bundles 
in Palms, with ilhistra.tious ; American Philosophical Society, 
188.8. 

2. Rock Inscription in Bi-azil, with ilhistrations ; Amen'c'iii 
Ndti/nih'sf, 1884. 

3. The Proroca or Boi-e of the Amazon, ilhistrated; Sclcnci', 
1884. 

4. Preliminary Report on tlie Cotton Insects of Brazil; 
United States Department of Agriculture Report, 1884. 

5. Cotton in Brazil: Pnited States Department of Agri- 
culture, 1885. 

<). Insects Injurious to Cotton in Brazil ; Annual Report of 
Bureau of Entomoloo-v, Pnited States Der»artment of Asrri- 
cultui-e, 1886. 

7. The Reputation of the Lantern Fly, illustrated ; Anicriran 
NxtaraJist, 1885. 

8. A Citiranahoia Liberal MlveJro, Ouro Preto ; Brazil, 1885. 
51. Inscripcoes em Rochedos (io Brazil; published by Insti- 

tuto Archeologico, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1885. 

10. <;iaciation of the Lackawanna A^alley ; A. A. A. S., 1885. 

11. (ilaciation of the Wyoming-Lackawanna Valley, with 
two maps; American Philosophical Society, 188(5. 

12. (jreographical and (Geological Explorations in Brazil; 
America II Naturalist^ 188(1. 

lo. Miniature Geological Ma}* of Indiaiui, in the interna- 
tional colors; 188(3. 

14. Thickness of the Ice in Northeastern Pennsylvania, dur- 
ing the Glacial Epoch; Aiiiericaii Joarnal of Science, 1886. 

15. Topographic Map of the Lackawanna Valley of Penn- 
sylvania, scale l"z=l()00' (two sheets); Geological Survey of 
Pennsylvania, 1887. 

16. Xotes upon a Xative Bi-azilian Language; A. A. A. S., 
1 886. 

17. Topographical Survey and Ma]> of Bloomington, Indi- 
a)ia and \"icinitv. 



158 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

IS. Notes upon tlie (Tlacial StriiO ()l)serve(l in tla- Wyoiiiiug- 
Lackiiwanna Region of Pennsylvania: Lackawanna Institute, 
Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1887. 

19. (Treology of tlie Sero-ipt'-Alaii-oas P)asin, illustrated : (Bra- 
zil), 1887. 

20. Tlie Sandstone Reefs of the Brazilian C'oast ; 1887. 

Dr. P)i-anner is a member of the American Philosophical So- 
ciety, Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, of the Indiana Academy of Science, and. of 
the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Honorary Mem- 
ber of the Brazilian Institute) Archeologico Alagoano, Corre- 
s])on(ling Member of tlie New York Academy of Science and 
of tlie Institute) Archeologico e (Teograi)hico Pernambncani, of 
Brazil. Also, a contril)utor to the AiDiTican JonriKd of Sr-ieiire, 
the Axtericait Ndfiirafixf, and to the jtroceedings of \'arious sci- 
entific bodies. 

On June 22, 1888, Dr. Dranncr married Susan Dow Kennedy, 
of the Class of 1879 of Viissar College, at Oneida, Xew York. 
The present residence of Dr. Dranuer is Bloomington, Indiana. 

In 1887 he was called to be the Director of the State Geolog- 
ical Survey of Arkansas, and, shortly afterward, having 
received leave of absence from Indiana University, he entered 
npon the duties of that position, and has since been conducting 
the survey with marked ability. It is expected that his ab- 
sence from the University of Indiana will only be tem}»orary, 
and will not exceed the two years foi- which leave of absence 
"was granted. 

CHARLES HENRY GILRERT. 

Kornici-ly, from 1880 to 1884, an assistant in the l)e)»artnient 
of tlie Xatural Sciences and the Modern Languages, accepted a 
position in (-incinnati as Professor of Biology, but has now 
(1888) been recalled to Indiana University as Professor of 
Zoology. Professor Gilbert was born December 5, 1859, in 
Rockford, Illinois. He received his collegiate education in 
Butler University, Indianapolis, graduating B. A. in 1879. 
From Indiana LTniversity he has received the degrees, />/-o nierlto, 
M. S. and Ph. D. He has been engaged in giving instruction 
in his favorite l)ranches in Bloomington and Cincinnati ever 
since his graduation. As a scientist, he was employed by the 
United States Fish C\)mmission on the steanier Albatros. He 



HISTORY (tF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 159 

iiS the ijntlior of many papers on Ichthyology. Professor Gil- 
l)ert married Miss Julia R. Tf nglies, a daughter of the Rev. Levi 
Hughes. 

RUFUS LOT (IREEN 

P^ Was horn in liusli County, Indiana, March 3, 18(>:^. I'l'ofcssor 
(Treen received his early education at the district school in i\ni- 
ter Township, near tlie place of his nativity, and at the high 
school in Knightstown. lie entered Indiana University in 
1879; graduated in 1885, receiving the degree of B. S. Part of 

^this time (1881-'82) was spent in the study of ^lathematics at 
Cornell University. Soon after graduation, in 1885, he was a[t- 
pointed Instructor in Mathematics in Indiana University, and 
the following year Associate Professor of Pure Mathematics 
and Secretary of the Faculty, on the resignation of Pr<jfessor 
Atwatcr. August 12,188(1, Professor Green married Miss Emma 
Edwai'ds, of Knightstown, Indiana. 

P JOHN MERCER FATTON 

A\'as horn in liichmond, A'irginia, August oO, 1859. His pres- 
ent residence (1887) is x\shland, Hanover CV)unty, Virginia. 
Pi'ofessor I*att()n graduated from the Viru'lnia Military Institute 
in ISSO, and afterward was a student in Berlin University 
P_- (Germany), and also at tlie University of Madrid. From In- 
diana University he received the degree A. M. Since his i-e- 
tnrn to the United States he has heen engaged in teaching- 
modern languages. For some time lie was assistant [)rofessor 
at the Vii'ginia Military Institute, with the title of Captain of 
Engineers. In the year 1885-8(1 he was Associate Professor of 
German in Indiana University. 

JOSEPH SWAIN. 

Professoi- Swain was l)orn -June 1(3, 1857, at Pendleton, In- 
diana. He entered the Freshman Class of the Indiana Uni- 
versity in the fall of 1879 and gi'aduated in 1888, receiving the 
degree B. L. Two years after, he received the degree M. S. 
Foi" two years afterwards he was Dr. Kirkwood's assistant in 
the Mathematical De}>artment, and for one year an assistant of 
J)r. Jordan in the Department of Xatural History. The next 
year he was appointed Associate Professor of Mathematics. 



160 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



and, on the ret^ignation of Di\ Ivirkwood, Profes.sor of Matlie- 
matics and Astronomy. The eollegiate year 1885-(3 was spent 
in the stndy of Mathematics and Astronomy in the University 
of Edinburgh (Seothmd). During the summer vacation Pro- 
fessor Swain conducted a [»arty of teachers and students in a 
continental tour. Joseph Swain is a member of the Society 
of Friends. September 22, 1885, Professor Swain married 
Miss Fannie H. Morgan, of Knightstown. Indiana. 

RICHARn (!AU8E BOONE 

Was born September 9, 184!), in Sjticeland, Henry (N)uuty, Indi- 
ana, and received liis early education in the Spiceland Academy. 
Soon after leaving school he engaged in teaching, at lirst in the 
common schools. Afterwards he was made Superintendent of 
the city schools of Frankfort, Indiana. He was also President 
of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Teachers' Heading 
Circle. He was elected Professor of Pedagogics, in Indiana 
University, in June, 1886. The college year of 1887-88 Avas 
spent by him at Johns Hopkins University, on leave of absence 
granted for the purpose of study, and with that exception he 
has, ever since his election, filled the duties of his chair. He 
is Avell known throughout the West in educational circles, is a 
popular lecturer before institutes, and always in demand. In 
July, 1874, he was marrie<l to Mary E. Stanley, of Amo, In- 
diana. 

RICHARD HEATH DABNEY. 

Professor Dabney is a native of Tennessee. Was born at 
Memphis, March 29, 1860. He received his collegiate educa- 
tion at the University of Virginia, from which he received the 
degree of Master of Arts, in 1881. Soon after he went to (Tcr- 
many and attended lectures, pursuing his studies at the Uni- 
versities of Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg. At Heidelberg he 
took the degree of Ph. D., in 1885. On his return from Ger- 
many he was elected, in 1886, l*rofessor of History in Indiana 
Universit}'. Dr. Dabney delivered a course of nine lectures on 
the causes of the French Revolution, at Washington and Lee 
University, Lexington, Virginia, in March and April, 1886, 
which have been published in a volume bearing the same title. 
Dr. I)al>ney, in 1889, was called to a }U'ofessorshi|i in the Uni- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVEKSITV. 1*31 



versity of ^'il•g•iuia, which he accepted, and ret>ig-ned his chair 
in Indiana University. He married Miss Mary Beutley, of 
Richmond, Virginia, in Jnne, 1888. She spent the greater part 
of the tirst year of their married life with her hushand in 
Bloomington, and shortly before his removal to Virginia re- 
turned to her former home to await him, Init suddenly, and l>e- 
fore his arrival her bright young life was ended. 

HANS CARL GUENTHER VON .IA(iEMAX. 

Born August 2, 18ol», at Grottkau, Prussia. Educated at 
the Kuremburg (Tymnasium. Attended Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity in 1884. In 1876 he received the degree Ph. I)., jn-o 
merito, from the University of Leipsic. From 1884 to 1886 he 
was Professor of Modern Languages in Earlham College, Ricli- 
mond, Indiana. In 1886 he was elected Professor of the Ger- 
manic Languages in Indiana University. Dr. von Jageman 
has contributed articles on IMiilology and kindred subjects to 
the Proceedings of the I*hilok)gical Society. 

He married Miss Frances A. Whitman, of Williamstown, 
Mass. Professor von Jageman resigned in 1887, and accepted 
a professorship in Harvard University. 

ARTHUR BURNHAxM WOOJ)FOR1) 

Was born in West Wiusted, Connecticut, October 7, 1861. 
Was a student at Yale College, where he received the degree 
of Ph. B. He was for some time a student of the University 
of Michigan: afterwards, of the University of Berlin (Ger- 
many), and of the Ecole des Sciences Politiques at Paris. 

He received, pro merifo, the degree A. M. from the Indiana 
University, and Avas elected Professor of Political and Social 
Science in 1886. 

Professor Woodford married Miss Margaret C. Bowditch, of 
New Haven, Connecticut, August 19, 1885. He remained in 
the position to which elected until June, 1889, when he re- 
signed and returned to the East. 

JAMES ALBERT WOODBURN 

Was Ijorn in Bloomington, Indiana, November 80, 1856. He 
received his early education at the public school of Blooming- 
ton, and entered the University in 1872, graduating in 1876. 



162 HISTOKY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Uyxjii the presentation of a thesis in 1885, he received, ^j)/-o 
/ticrifo, the degree A. M. Ever since graduation Professor 
Woodburn has been engaged in teaching. He was first assist- 
ant in the Grayville, Illinois, public schools, afterwards one of 
the teachers in the Preparatory Department of Indiana Uni- 
versity, and assistant in the High School, Secretary of the 
Indiana University Alumni Association, Professor-elect ot 
History in Indiana University, and in 1887 was a student in 
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and in 1888 became 
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition. Professor 
Woodburn is the son of Professor James AVoodburu, the sul)- 
ject of a preceding sketch. During the college year of 1888-9 
he was absent on leave, attending lectures in Johns Hopkins 
University. 



PERCEY BENTLEV BURNET. 



4 

Mr. Purnet was born September 10, 18(jl, at \ incennes, In- 
diana. He received his early education at Vincennes, and 
graduated from the Vincennes University, June, 1880, and from 
Indiana University in 1884. Received from Indiana P^niversity 
the degree of A. M. in 1887. During the winter after his 
graduation he attended the business college at Cleveland, Ohio. 
In July, 1885, he spent sometime in (lermany, and in the fol- 
lowing year in Paris, and on his return to the United States he 
received the position of assistant in tlie Department of Cfcrman 
in Indiana University. Having resigned this position, Mr. 
Burnet traveled in South xVmerica, spending some time in 
Buenos Ayres. Afterwards, crossing the Andes on mule-hack, 
he spent some time in Chili in a medical laboratory, in the 
preparation of medicines. After visiting Rio Janeiro, Mr. 
Burnet designs to return home and renew his occupation as a 
teacher. Lately (1889) he has l)een commissioned to obtain 
English, French and (German s})eaking persons for work on 
the great railroad to the Pacific. 

(iUSTAV PRIEDRK'K KARSTEN 

Was born May 22, 1859, at Petershagenfeld bei Tiegenhof, West 
Prussia. He received his early education at Tiegenhof high 
school, afterwards at tlie Mai'ionburg' (Ivmnasium, finishing his 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. lUS 

scholastic education at the universities of Leipsie, Konigsberg, 
Heidelberg, Geneva, Freil)urg and Tiibingen. He received the 
degree B. A. at the Marionbnrg Gymnasium, Prussia ; the degree 
1 *h. D. at Freiburg University, Baden, Germany, Since complet- 
ing his education he lias l)een traveling, lecturing and teaching- 
was Privat-docent of Germanic and Romance Philology at Ge- 
neva Universit}', Switzerland, and is now (1889) Professor of 
Komance Philology at Indiana University. L*rofessor Karsten 
was Secretary of the phonetic section of the Modern Language 
Association of America, and is the writer of various treatises, 
mostly Philological : " Znv Geschicte der alt-franzosischen 
Konsonantenverbindungen. Freiburg, 1883."' "Speech Uni- 
ties and their Role in Sound Change, and Phonetic Laws," in 
the Transactions of the Modern Language Association of 
America, 1888; and, also, of various articles and reviews in 
Philological })eriodicals in America and Europe. The Professor 
has also in an advanced state of prejtaration, " Editio jtrinceps 
of Jehan de Lanson," an old French Epopee of the thirteenth 
century. 

JOSEPH p. NAYLOR. 

Professoi- Naylor is a native of Ohio. He was born at 
Pennsville, April 4, 1858. Attended Adrian College, at 
Adrian, Michigan, but did not graduate. Intending to turn 
his attention to civil engineering, he made Mathematics and 
Surveying his principal studies. He received the degree Mas- 
ter of Science, jyro merito, from Indiana University. Professor 
Xaylor lived for two years in Columbus, Ohio. While there 
he studied Physics under Prof. T. C. Meudenhall, then of the 
Ohio State University, now President of the Rose Polytechnic 
Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana. While in Colnml)us he was 
employed as draftsman, and had charge of the pattern de]iart- 
ment of the Capital City Car Works, and also for a time was 
employed with the Columbus A\^atch Factory. From Colum- 
l)us he moved to Indianapolis, and for two years taught Physics 
in the Indianapolis High School. From Indiana})olis he came 
to Bloomington, having received an appointment as Assistant 
Professor of Physics in the State LTniversity, and, on the resig- 
nation of the Professor, he became the occupant of the vacated 
chair. Professor Naylor's collegiate training in Engineering, 
and under Professor Meudenhall, and in the watch factory, has 



164 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

eminently litted him for tlie clnties of the Department of Nat- 
ural Philosophy and the Physical Laboratory of the Univer- 
sity. On the 25th of Novemher, 1880, Professor Naylor married 
Miss Maria J. Murrey, of MeOonnellsville, Oliio. 

JOHN STERLINU KING8LEY 

AVas l)()rn at Cineinnatus, in CVrtland County, Xew York, 
April 7, 1854. He received his collegiate degrees, A. B. and 
A. M., from Williams College, and the degree of Se. D. from 
the College of Princeton, Xew Jersey. He also attended the 
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Teaching has been his occu- 
pation since graduation, both in the college and thi'ough the 
press. In 1888 he was elected Professor of Zoology in the 
University. He is also editor of ''Standard Natural History," 
in six volumes, and of the American Naturalist. 

Professor Kingsley married Mary Emma, daughter of John 
Franklin and Caroline Louise (Chase) Read, of Salem, Massa- 
chusetts. 

Professoi" Kingsley resigned at the end of the college year, 
and accejtted a professorship of Biology in the University of 
Nebraska, at Lincoln. 

l>AyiI> A. CURRY 

AVas born February 15, 1860, at Bloomington, Indiana. He 
received his early education in the common schools of Monroe 
County and of Winchester, Kansas. He is an alumnus of In- 
diana University, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 188-3. Since 
graduating he has been engaged for several years in teaching, 
first in the common schools and later in the High School of 
(-Jreensbiirg, Indiana. 

In 1887 he was elected Assistant in the Latin Department of 
Indiana University, and during the college year 1888-9 took 
post graduate studies in Harvard University, and resigned in 
1888 to commence studying for the ministry in the United 
Presl)yterian Theological Seminary at Xenia, Oliio. 

March 6, 1886, he married Miss Jennie Foster, of Blooming- 
ton, and their son, David Foster Curry, born May 9, 1888, re- 
ceived the cup presented to the first cliild of the class of 1888. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 165 



WILLIAM AVESLEY SPANGLER, 

Librarian of Indiana University, and Secretary of the Board 
of Trustees, was born near Auburn, Dekalb County, Indiana, 
November 15, 1855. He was educated at Auburn, and at the 
Canton, Ohio, high school, and the Northwestern Normal, at 
Ada, Ohio, and Indiana University. Having completed the re- 
quired studies, he received the degrees A. B. and B. L. He has 
been an assistant on his father's farm, near Auburn, assistant 
director of European tours. Secretary and Librarian, and assist- 
ant teacher in Indiana University, business manager of the 
" Indiana Student," and may be called a professional tourist. 
In 1879 he tramped 350 miles in Switzerland and adjacent parts ; 
in 1880, 740 miles in Southern California and the Sierras ; in 

1881, 400 miles in Switzerland and Italy ; and, in company with 
four others, scaled the Matterhorn to its apex, after which he 
again visited Italy. In 1882 he tramped seventy-five miles in 
the White Mountains. In 1883 he assisted Dr. D. S. Jordan in 
his third summer tramp in Europe ; conducted, personally, the 
fourth LTniversity tramping party of fifteen among the Alps. 
He went on another tour to the Northwest in 1888, on which 
trip he had the great misfortune of losing his wife by death. 
In 1889 he conducted a fifth party on a tour of Europe. In 

1882, associated with Messrs. Gordon and Bryant, he reestab- 
lished the "■ Indiana Student," a monthly educational paper. 
He is engaged in preparing a card catalogue of the University 
Library, and has acquired a fine reputation among college Li- 
brarians. June 10, 1885, he married Miss Ida Smell, of Mun- 
cie, Indiana, who died after a short illness while with him in 
the far Northwest. 



12— History. 



ALUMNI OF THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT 
OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



1830. 



James Wilson Dunn, born near Danville, Kentucky, Mercer 
County (now Boyle County), September 14, 1807. Died at 
Logansport, Indiana, April 23, 1873. Was educated, as there 
were no public schools in the territory of Indiana, in a log 
cabin school-house, on his father's farm, in Jefterson County, 
to which place his father and family had emigrated in 1809. ,, 
When the State Seminary was organized in 1824, and located l| 
in Bloomington, he was sent to that Institution, and when the i 
Seminary became the College in 1828 he entered the College 
and graduated in 1830 with the first graduating class, receiving 
the degrees A. B., and three years afterward, A. M. After 
graduation he studied law and located at Logansport, soon - 
after that town was estabblished. He did not, however, con- f ! 
tinue to practice law long, but engaged in various business en- 
terprises. In 1863 or 1864 he was made Lieutenant Colonel of 
a regiment of Indiana volunteers, raised for temporary service 
in a great emergency, and served in Tennessee. Though not a 
member of any church he was a principal supporter of the 
Presbyterian Church of Logansport. . 

Michael Hummer, born in Fayette County, Kentucky, April f ' 
11, 1802. At the time of his death he resided at Wyandotte, 
Kansas. He was educated at the Academy of John I. Mor- 
rison, Salem, and one year^t Oxford, Ohio, Entered the Sopli- 
omore class of Indiana College, and received on graduntion ^ 
the degrees, A. B. and A. M. in course. Graduated at Prince- 
ton, N. J., Theological Seminary. Occupation, minister of the 
Gx^spel. Was elected President of Des Moines College, Iowa. 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kansas. Mr. Hummer 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 167 

was stated supply at LaFayette, Indiana, in 1836-7. Pastor 
at Stevenson, 111., and missionary preacher at Davenport, Iowa, 
Washington, Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, and Wyandotte, Kan- 
sas, 1870-77. 

James S. Eollins was born in Richmond, Madison County, 
Kentucky, Wednesday, April 19, 1812. At the time of his death 
his home was Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. Educated 
at Richmond Academy, Kentucky. When fifteen years old he 
entered Washington College, Pennsylvania, Sophomore Class, 
and on entering the Senior Class, in the fall of 1829, he accom- 
})anied Dr. Andrew Wylie, the late President of Washington 
College, he having been elected President of Indiana College, 
to Bloomington, Indiana. Entering the Senior Class of Indi- 
ana College, he graduated October 30, receiving the degrees A. 
B. and A. M. in course. This was the first graduating class of 
the college. He also received the honorary degree LL. D., in 
1872. Mr. Rollins studied law at the Transylvania University, 
Lexington, Kentucky, and graduated there in 1834, receiving 
the degree LL. B. Occupation and position, the practice of 
law and agricultural pursuits. During the Black Hawk War, 
in 1832, Mr. Rollins was Aid de Camp, with the rank of Major, 
to Major General Richard Gentry. He was commissioned as 
Colonel of a volunteer regiment, by Governor II. R. Gamble, 
of the Union army during the Rebellion, but having just be- 
fore been elected to the 37th Congress, he did not serve in the 
army. Major Rollins, for the period of sixteen years, repre- 
sented the county of Boone, and was a Senator in the General 
Assembly of Missouri from his district. In 1848 and 1857 he 
was the Whig candidate for Governor of Missouri. In the 
latter canvass his Whig friends claim that he was fairly elected. 
All his life Mr. Rollins has been the friend and advocate of 
common school education by the States. He was the author of 
the bill locating the University of Missouri in Boone County, and 
by his eftbrts as a member of the Legislature, he secured its pass- 
age, and from this time to the end of his life he was the stead- 
fast friend of the University, and was the author and eloquent 
advocate of nearly every bill intended to promote its prosper- 
ity, its endowment and its usefulness. For the last fifteen years 
he has been the active and vigilant President of the Board^of 
Curators of the Institution. In the 37th Congress he was the 



168 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

able advocate of the passage of the Uiw of 1852 making large 
grants of hmd for the benefit of agricnltural and mechanical 
colleges in the different States. After leaving Congress he 
again became a member of the Legislature of the State of Mis- 
souri, and was the author of the bill making the Agricultural 
and Mechanical College a department of the State University, 
securing the passage of the same after a struggle of four years 
against the most violent opposition, and under which bill about 
$400,000 was added to the endowment of the University. In 
May, 1872, the Curators of the University passed highly com- 
mendatory resolutions with regard to the services of Mr. liol- 
lins, both to the cause of education and the State. Reference 
was made to the position he took on the slavery question. 
Although born in the South, and himself a large slave owner, 
and representing the strongest slave district in Missouri, he, 
when in Congress, advocated, in a powerful speech, and voted 
for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States abolisliing slavery. lie sustained President Lincoln in 
his efforts to put down the Rel;)ellion. Although not a member 
of any church, he was a firm believer in the Christian religion, 
and throughout his whole life an advocate of all the agencies 
promotive of morality, and peace, and temperance ; in a word, 
of everything calculated to improve and elevate the standard of 
social intercourse among men. lie was not only an eloquent 
speaker, but a clear, able writer, as many of his speeches and 
addresses testify. Mr. Rollins was married to an accomplished 
lady. Miss Mary E. Hickman. Of his eleven children eight 
survive (1889). 

1831. 

William Hamilton Stockwell, l)orn April 3, 1811, at Flem- 
ingsburg, Kentucky. Died February 9, 1875, at Orange, New 
Jersey. Degrees A. B. and A. M., Indiana University, and 
M. D. Transylvania University, Kentucky. Occupation and 
position, practicing physician at New Orleans. For sometime 
editor of a medical journal at New Orleans. While living in 
Indiana was elected State Senator, and was proposed as mem-, 
ber of Congress, but declined the candidacy. On removing to 
New Jersey, he was made Superintendent of the public schools. 
Dr. Stockwell spent several years in travel and observation in 
Euro}>e. Two sons and two daughters survive him. 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 169 

Lewis Bollman, bora May 24, 1811, at Williamsport, 
now called Monongahela City, Pennsylvania. Residence 
Bloomington, Indiana. Died September 3, 1888. Educated at 
Washington College, Pennsylvania. Degrees A. B., A. M., and 
LL. B., in 1846, Indiana University. Occupation, lawyer, re- 
porter, farmer and writer. Position, first statistician of the 
Department of Agriculture. Reporter of the proceedings of 
the Indiana House of Representatives, for about twelve win- 
ters. Mr. Bollman originated the plan of taking crop and 
stock statistics, now used in the Department of Agriculture, 
and in several States. Mr. Bollman, also, originated the Ohio 
and Mississippi Railroad, and also, the P. V. & C. R. Railroad, 
running along the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. He 
considers the most useful work of his lite to have been, the 
part he took in procuring the stock, and in the work done for 
Bloomington division of the Louisville, New Albany and Chi- 
cago, Railroad. Mr. Bollman has written much for the press ; 
essays on agricultural topics ; also, a work entitled " A Month 
at Mr. Johnstones," in which he gives his views on literary, 
agricultural, educational, religious topics, and on nature. 

Thomas Miller, born 1811, near Middletown, Washington 
C'ounty, Pennsylvania, and died in 1841. Educated at Wash- 
ington College, Pennsylvania. In 1831 entered Indiana Col- 
lege, received degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, tutor in 
Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, where he 
studied law. Was professor of mathematics and ancient lan- 
guages in Columbia College, Missouri. Afterwards, practiced 
law, and was also editor of a paper in Columbia, associated 
with Major James S. Rollins. Position, Aid-de-camp of Gen- 
eral Richard Gentry, who fell in the battle of Lake Ocheeclohe, 
December, 1837. Mr. Miller was a fine scholar, a brilliant 
orator and writer. His health failing, he undertook a trip to 
the Rocky Mountains, but before reaching his destination he 
died, and was buried by his companions on the plains. 

Charles McMicken Randall, was born Berks County, 
Pennsylvania, 1808-. Educated at Washington College, Penn- 
sylvania, and entered Indiana College, 1830, graduated A. B. 
and A. M. Received the degree, LL. B. from Transylvania 
University, Kentucky. Occupation, a successful practioner of 
law in New Orleans, where he died of cholera. 



170 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



1832. 

William McKee Dunn. Born December 12, 1814, in Jeffer- 
son County, Indiana Territory. Resided since 1863 at Wash- 
ington, D. C, until his death, July 24, 1887. Educated in the 
common schools of Jefferson and Montgomery Counties, Indi- 
ana. Degrees A. B. and A. M. in course, and honorary degree 
A. M., from Yale College, and A. M. and LL. D. from Hanover 
College. Mr. Dunn studied law, and was admitted to the bar 
in 1839, at Lexington, Ky. He has held the following official 
positions : A member of the Indiana House of Representa- 
tives in 1837-38, and again elected iii 1868. In 1850-51 was a 
member of the State Constitutional Convention. In 1858-59 
a member of the Thirty-Sixth ajid Thirty-Seventh Congresses. 
He entered the army in 1861, and served as aid on General 
McClellan's staff in West Virginia. In 1863 he was commis- 
sioned a Major and Judge Advocate of the United States Vol- 
unteers of the Department of Missouri. In 1864 he was 
promoted to be a Colonel and Assistant Judge Advocate in 
the regular army, and in March, 1866, was brevetted Brigadier 
General, for faithful, meritorious and distinguished services. 
In 1886 he was a delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Con- 
vention. December 1, 1875, he was appointed Judge Advocate 
General of the Army. He held this place till 1882, when he 
was placed on the retired list. It should have been mentioned 
that before entering the bar General Dunn had. been Professor 
of Mathematics in Hanover College, and that he took great 
interest in educational work, was a Trustee of Indiana Uni- 
versity, and for many years a Trustee of Hanover College, de- 
voting much of his time to the public schools of Madison. 

George Gill Porter. Born August 6, 1797, in Chester 
District, South Carolina. Died in Clinton, Indiana, August 5, 
1841. Educated at Paris, Kentucky, and Center College, Ken- 
tucky. Degrees A. B. and A. M., from Indiana University. 
Studied theology and was licensed to preach at Murphreesboro, 
Tennessee, October 3, 1835, and was ordained at Waveland, In- 
diana, April 3, 1838, by the Crawfordsville Presbytery. 
Preached the Gospel and taught school. Married Mary Knox 
Rutherford in Tennessee. 

JosiAH Porter. Born Aj>ril 10, 1802, in C-hester District, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 171 

South Carolina. Died at his residence, Chatham, Illinois, Jan- 
uary 11, 1887. Educated at Paris, Kentucky, and Center Col- 
lege. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Studied theology at Lane 
Seminary, Ohio, ; was a member of its first class. Occupation, 
a minister of the Gospel. In active service twenty years ; after- 
wards honorably retired. Since, and at present (1886), a farmer. 
For some time agent of the American Bible Society, and dur- 
ing the War distributed hundreds of Testaments to the soldiers. 
Mr. Porter was licensed to preach at Murphreesboro, Tennessee, 
October, 1835 ; was ordained (1838) an evangelist, at Waveland, 
Indiana, by the Crawfordsville Presbytery. He was an early 
and earnest advocate of the temperance cause, having joined 
the society in 1829. He never used tobacco in any form. 
Since entering his eighty-fifth year he has not plowed any, an 
exercise in which he engaged every year from early boyhood. 
Mr. Porter married Martha W. Thormlow, July 18, 18»i0. 

James Moreland Stag(4. Born November 11, 1810, at Har- 
rodsburg, Kentucky. Died JSTovember 2, 1827, at Port Gibson, 
Mississippi. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, attorney 
at law. Studied under Judge Blackford. Practiced in Indian- 
apolis, and removed thence to Port Gibson. 

Andrew Wylie, born February 28, 1814, Cannonsburgh, Pa. 
Residence, Washington, D. C. Educated at Jefferson College, 
Cannonsburgh, Pa., and Bloomington. Degrees, A. B. and A. 
M. Occupation, student of law, Transylvania University, Ken- 
tucky, and removing to Pittsburgh, Pa., continued the study of 
law under the distinguished lawyer, Walter Forward. Was 
admitted to the bar in 1838. In 1848 removed to Washins:ton, 
D. C, continuing the practice of law in the city and in Vir- 
ginia. Position : Was appointed by President Lincoln, March, 
1803, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the District 
of Columbia, which office he held until honorably retired in 
1884. Judge Wylie was Judge of the Court in several cele- 
brated cases. He was noted for his impartiality and ability. 
Among other cases he presided at the trial of Mrs. Surat's son, 
the C\)nfederate conspirator, and also in the Star Route trials. 
Judge Wylie married Miss Caroliiu' Bryan, of Alexandria, Va., 
a niece of Judge Barbour, of tlie Supreme Court. 



172 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

1833. 

Samuel Alexander, bom November 9, 1808, Fleming County, 
Kentucky. Residence, Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi, at 
the time of his death. Educated in the common schools of 
Fleming County, Kentucky. On graduating, received the de- 
gree A. B., and three years after A. M. Mr. Alexander studied 
medicine at the Physiopathic Medical College of Ohio, and re- 
ceived therefrom the degree M. D. Since then has been a 
practicing physician. Position : Dr. Alexander was for many 
years an Elder in the Presbyterian Church; a school trustee 
for forty years and always an active laborer in the cause of 
religion and temperance, a Sabbath-school teacher, and for 
fifty-two years a prohibitionist, ably advocating religion and 
temperance by his voice and pen. By paying strict attention 
to the laws of health he was as strong and vigorous in his 
seventy-fifth year as in the prime of life. Dr. Alexander had 
nearly reached his eightieth year when he died. 

John Lewis Ketcham, born April 3, 1810, Shelby County, 
Kentucky. Died April 20, 1869, at Indianapolis, to which 
place he had removed, soon after graduation. Mr. Ketcham 
lost his life, by an accidental fall through the hatchway in the 
store of Alford Talbot & Co. He was the son of Colonel John 
Ketcham, a well known inhabitant of Monroe County, a man 
famous in Southern Indiana for his public spirit, his hospital- 
ity, his generosity and his industry, and also, for his anti- 
slavery principles, when these principles were dangerously un- 
popular. Mr. J. Lewis Ketcham studied law under Judge 
Blackford. The only political oflice Mr. Ketcham held was 
" Justice of the Peace," and this for but one term, as he 
desired to devote himself to his profession. In the practice of 
law, he was at dififerent times associated with Messrs. N. B. 
Taylor, Lucian Barbour, D. W. Coffin and James L. Mitchell, 
with whom he was connected at the time of his death. Mr. 
Ketcham was characterized by his kindness and piety, by liis 
ability as a lawyer, and his zeal as a christian. He was punct- 
ual in his attendance at church and church-meetings, and in 
his daily worship. He was connected with and an elder in the 
Second Presbyterian church, (New School), of which the Rev. 
Henry Ward Beecher was the first pastor. Mr. Ketcham was, 
when the acconuuodatious of tlie Second churcli had become 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 173 

too restricted, one of the founders of the Fourth church. In 
1836 Mr, Ketcha'hi married Miss Jane Merrill, daughter ot 
Samuel Merrill, of Indianapolis. 

James Darwin Maxwell, born May 19, 1815, Hanover, Jefter- 
son County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington. Educated in 
the county schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Indiana 
University, and M. D. Jetferson Medical College, Philadelphia. 
Dr. Maxwell soon after graduating, was made a tutor in the 
University. In 1836, went with Professor Elliot of Indiana 
University, and became a teacher in Mississippi College, of 
which Professor Elliot had been elected President. Returning 
to Bloomington, he studied medicine with his father Dr. D. H. 
Maxwell for a short time, and then went to Jefferson College, 
Philadelphia. Occupation, practitioner of medicine. Position, 
Secretary of Board of Trustees of Indiana University, and for 
many years a mend)er, and for some time President. Dr. Max- 
well married Miss Louisa Howe of Bloomington in 1839. 

1834. 

James Findley Dodds, A. B. and A. M. See Faculty list. 

William II. B. Custis, born Decend)er 28, 1814, Accomack 
County, Virginia. Residence, Accomack Court House, Virginia. 
Educated, Margaret Academy, Accomack. Degrees, A, B. uiid 
A. M. Occupation, farmer. Position, Mr. Custis served three 

terms in the House of Delegates, Virginia, from 1843 1847. 

Was a mendjcr of tlie convention of 1861. After the war was 
twice elected to the House of Representatives of the Congress 
of the United States. In March, 1869, was appointed clerk of 
the Circuit Court and County Court of Accomack, by Brev. 
Major General George Stoneman, a position he still holds 
(1882). 

Joseph Glass McPheeters, born in Fayette County, Ken- 
tucky, January 1, 1810, died at his residence, in Bloomington, 
Monday, April 2, 1888, of paralysis. Degrees A. B., A. M. 
and M. D., from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. 
Occupation, physician and surgeon. Soon after graduation 
Mr. McPheeters had charge of the Prei>aratory Department of 
Indiana College, assisted by M. M. Campbell. Dr. McPheeters, 
from the time of his graduation till liis death, took an active 



174 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

interest in tlie affairs of the University. From^l851 to 1856 
lie was a Trustee, and part of this time President of the Board. 
On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion in 1861, he 
entered the army as Surgeon of the 14th Indiana Volunteers, 
and was honorably discharged in August, 1864. During a part 
of his service he was on staff duty as Medical Director in the 
33d Regiment of Indiana Volunteers under General Beard, 
and afterwards on the staff of General Whitaker, and of Gen- 
eral Jas. B. Stedman. Dr. McPheeters was regarded as one of 
the most useful and efficient surgeons in the army. 

In early life he married Miss Clara Dunn. He was a kind 
and affectionate husband and father, a member of the Presby- 
terian Church, and a [tublic-spirited citizen. 

Thomas Jefferson Wilson died at his residence in Logans- 
port about 1877. Educated in the common schools of Giljson 
County. Degrees : A. B. and A. M. Occupation : In 1848, 
taught school in Bloomington, was Probate Judge of Cass 
County for four years, and also a farmer. For many years he 
was a leading member in the l*resbyterian Church at Logans- 
port. Was much respected by all who knew him. Was in his 
disposition retiring aiul diffident. 

1835. 

*Parker Campbell, born in 1815, at Washington, Pennsyl- 
vania, died March 28, 1882, at Jacksonville, Florida. Degrees 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, sugar planter in 
Louisiana and banker in Richmond, Virginia. Major in the 
Confederate Army. Was engaged in the battles of Lookout 
Mountain, Tennessee, Manassas, Virginia, Knoxville, Tennes- 
see, and others. 

David Mitchell Elliott, born August 21, 1816, in Preble 
County, Ohio, died December 21, 1839, in Preble County, Ohio. 
Educated at Morning Sun and Miami University. Degrees 
A. B. and A. M., and M. D. from Cincinnati College, 1837. 
Occupation : Practiced medicine at Aurora, Indiana, with Dr. 
Sutton. Dr. Elliott was considered a very promising young 
physician. Was a member of the Associate Reformed Church. 

John Purcell, Elizabethtown, Ohio. 

John Selree Watts, born in Boone County Kentucky, Jan- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 175 



uary 19, 1S16, died June 11, 1876, at Bloomington, Indiana. 
Educated in the Preparatory Department of Indiana College. 
Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position : Studied 
law under Judge Sullivan at Madison, Indiana. In 1858 he 
was elected Prosecuting Attorney in the Judicial District. 
In 1866 was elected Representative for Monroe County. Under 
the administration of President Fillmore, he was appointed 
one of the Associate Judges of New Mexico, which position 
he resigned during President Pierce's administration, and en- 
gaged in the practice of the law, for which his command of 
the Spanish language especially qualiiied him. During Lin- 
coln's administration he was elected a Delegate from New 
Mexico, and was one of the delegates to the Baltimore conven- 
tion which nominated Mr. Lincoln for his second term. Under 
President Johnson he was contirmed hy the Senate as Chief 
Justice of New Mexico. He was a strong and decided Union 
man during the Rebellion, and rendered valuable services to 
his country in conveying important messages from Sante Fe to 
Washington, at great personal expense and risk. Judge Watts 
married Miss Elizabeth Howe, of Bloomington, in May, 1837. 

1836. 

Matthew M. Campbell, A. B. and A. M. in course. See 
the Faculty list. 

William M. Daily, A. B. and A. M. See the Facalty list of 
Presidents. 

William Harrison Jones, born October 11, 1813, in Daviess 
County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington. Educated at com- 
mon schools of Daviess County. Degrees, A. B. and A. M, 
Occupation, teacher, and bookseller. Served four years in the 
Union army, and while connected with the Veteran Reserve 
Corps, was detailed to serve as clerk in the Provost Marshal's 
office, Indianapolis. Mr. Jones was in the battle of Fort Don- 
elson, siege of Corinth and the battle of Stone River; Avas 
also in the line of battle near Perryville, in the reserve corps. 
Education, religion and temperance had always an able advo- 
cate in W. H. Jones. 

*Jesse William Lowe, l)orn March 11, 1814, in Rowan County, 
North Carolina ; died Ai)ril 3, 1868, at Omaha, Nebraska. Ed- 



176 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

ucatecl at Bloomiiigton, Indiana. Degrees A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and jtosition, an active business man. Settled in 
Omaha in 1853, and was chosen the first Mayor of the city. As 
a capitalist, he did much for the prosperity of the city of 
Omaha. 

John Johnston McClurkin, born June 6, 1813, in Chester 
Disti'ict, South Carolina. Residence, Orange, Fayette County, 
Indiana. Educated at Winsboro and Chester, South Carolina. 
Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teaching and preach- 
ing. Mr. McClurkin was licensed to preach April 12, 1841. 
For eight years he was pastor of a Reformed Presbyterian con- 
gregation in Gibson County, Indiana. For twenty years a 
pastor in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and since pastor of a 
congregation of the same denomination in Fayette County, In- 
diana. 

Addison Locke Roache, born N^ovember 3, 1817, Rutherford 
County, Tennessee. Residence, Indianapolis, Ind. Educated 
at McKnights Academy, Rutherford, Tennessee. Degrees A. 
B. and A. M. Occupation, attorney at law. Position, mem- 
ber of Legislature in 1847 ; Judge of the Supreme Court of 
Indiana in 1852. In 1859 appointed Trustee of Indiana Uni- 
versity. Mr. Roache studied law with Gen. T. A. Howard, of 
Rockville, where he practiced law till 1858 when he removed to 
Indianapolis. Mr. Roache dratted the original resolution for 
founding the Public Library in Indianapolis. 

Lloyd Theophilus Posey, born March 13, 1817, Opelousas 
Parish, Louisana. Occupation, lawyer. Mr. Posey studied law 
under Henry Eddy, of Shawneetown, Illinois, and afterward 
became partner of Mr. Eddy. Mr. Posey is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. He married Georgiana T. Posey, of Hen- 
derson, Ky. 

Andrew Jackson Thickstun, born February 28, 1815, New 
Jersey. Died November 23, 1854, Council Bluft's, Iowa. Edu- 
ucated by an elder brother till he entered college, degrees A. 
B. and A. M. Occupation and position, studied law, teacher 
and preacher of the Gospel; Prosecuting Attorney for Sulli- 
van County and local preacher of the M. E. Church. The last 
five years of his life an itinerant preacher. Was a member of 
the law firm ot Rousseau & Thickstun — L. H. and U. 11. Rous- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 177 

scan the other members. Mr. Thickstmi gave up the practice 
of Uiw because he thought he could not be religious and prac- 
tice successfully. He left the Indiana Conference with the 
intention of settling in Nebraska. Was taken ill at Council 
Blutfs and died in eighteen hours. Mr. Thickstun was not an 
eloquent preacher l)ut was well versed in the law, and was re- 
garded as the real power of the tirm. He was conscientious 
in the discharge of duty. On a certain occasion, a storm raging 
while he was on his way to the chuch, he found but one man 
present when he entered the pulpit. He took for his text the 
words of ISTathan to David : " Thou art the man." His audience 
was attentive. He did not meet his hearer for some years ; he 
found him a converted man, who told him that his first serious 
thoughts were occasioned by the sermon Mr. Thickstun had 
addressed to himself. Mr. Thickstun married Mary Gaines 
Rousseau in 1839. 

1837. 

John Dale, born, 1812, in Cumberland County, Pennsylva- 
nia; died, 1871, at Providence, Illinois. Educated at Oxford, 
Ohio. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, 
minister of the gospel. Principal fields of his work were 
Knightstown, Indiana; Kokomo, Indiami ; Tipton, Indiana; 
Pleasant Hill, Illinois; Virginia, Illinois; Fairlnirg, Illinois, 
and Providence, Illinois. Was Cha})lain of the 75th Indiana 
volunteers at the time the battles at C-hattanooga, Tennessee, 
were fought. 

Samuel Levi Geiger, born January, 1817, at Louisville, Ken- 
tucky ; died in the spring of 1875, in Louisville, Kentucky. 
Educated in Louisville, Kentucky. Degrees A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and position, studied law under Chancellor George 
M. Bibb of the Chancery Court. Did not practice law, but 
made farming his principal life occupation. Engaged for some- 
time in steamboating, and later in manufactures in the city of 
Louisville. Was elected several times a Representative of Jef- 
ferson County, Kentucky, to the Legislature. Was Chairman 
of the Board of Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum at Anchorao-e, 
Kentucky. Was a lay member of the Episcopal church, and 
during the services, Sunday morning, was stricken with apo- 
plexy and died the same evening. 

Richard Henry Holman, born February 24, 1817, at Veraes- 
tan, near Aurora, Indiana ; died at Veraestan, December 27 



178 HISTOHY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

1841. Educated at the Aurora Seminary and Rising Snn Sem- 
inary. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, student of law 
under his father, Judge Ilolman, and within two years had 
reached the front rank in his profession at the bar of the county 
seat of Dearbon County, then one of the ablest in the State. 
By his incessant labor he brought on the disease of which he 
died, in the 24th year of his age. 

Erasmus D. C. McElrath. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Res- 
idence, Mississippi. 

George L. McAffee, born June 11, 1815, in Mercer County, 
Kentucky. Residence, Long Grove, Hardin County, Kentucky. 
Educated in the Mercer County common schools. Degrees A. 
B., A. M. and M. D., Louisville Medical Institute, 1845. Occu- 
pation and position, practicing physician for thirty-five years. 
At present (1883) agriclturist. Was elected without opposi- 
tion to the State Legislature, 18G6, from Hardin Count}^ Ken- 
tucky. Delivered a eulogy on the occasion of the death of 
Governor Helm, in the House of Representatives, which was 
highly spoken of by Senator Jesse D. Bright, and other dis- 
tinguished persons. 

Joseph F. Nichols, born September 6, 1816. Died August 
17, 1843, near Kaskaskia, Illinois. Educated, at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. and M. D., Louisville 
Medical Institute, 1840. Occupation, practicing physician. 

John W. H. Parker, born April 2, 1819, Accomack County, 
Virginia. Residence, Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. 
Educated at Margaret Academy. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., 
LL. B., William and Mary College, Virginia. Occupation, 
practice of law. Position, member of Senate of Virginia, for 
four years. 

Hugh Thompson Reid, born October 5, 1811, near Liberty, 
Union County, Indiana. Died August 21, 1874, at Keokuk, 
Iowa. Educated, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and Lane 
Seminary, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law. District Attorney 
of Iowa Territory. Visitor to the West Point Military Acade- 
my. Member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. 
Colonel of the 15th Regiment Iowa Volunteers. Brigadier- 
General of Volunteers, (18()l-()5). President of Des Moines 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 179 

Railroad Company, Keokuk, and of Hamilton Bridge Com- 
pany. General Reid was in many battles, during tlie civil 
war. At the battle of Shiloli, he received a wound in the 
neck, which induced paralysis and Bright's disease, of which 
he died, — at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi. Had command 
of Post Bolivar, Tennessee ; Cairo, Illinois ; Lake Providence, 
Louisaua, and the battle there, and also, at Hatchie. He gave 
information to Admiral Porter, which led to the capture of 
Yazoo City, Mississippi. When commanding the port at 
Columbus, Kentucky, he caused the arrest of the Knights' of 
the Golden Circle. General Reid was a successful prosecutor 
and land lawyer. He was the attorney employed in defending 
Jose}>h Smith, the Mormon leader, when he was assassinated. 
General Reid may be said to have been the builder of the rail- 
road, from Keokuk to Fort Dodge, (near 250 miles). He 
was also, a vestryman in St. John's Episcopal Church. 

George Seaman Sheets, born August 22, 1818, Madison. 
Died January 4, 1852, Madison. Educated, at school of Beau- 
mont Parks, Madison. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Ind. Univ. and 
LL. B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Oc- 
cu[»ation, lawyer. 

William Willis, born April, 1818, Belleview, Kentucky. 
Died May, 1843, at Belleview, Kentucky. Educated, Peters- 
burg, Kentucky, and Rising Sun Academy. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation, farmer. A member of the Presbyterian 
Church. Was a man of great influence among his neighbors 
and bore an irreproachable character. 

1838. 

E. L. Armstrong, Newton, Ohio. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 

William C. Hillis, born Septend)er 20, 1820, Jefferson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Des Moines, Iowa. Educated, 
Madison, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and 
position, attorney at law. Representative in Indiana Legisla- 
ture. Prosecuting attorney 4th. Circuit, Missouri, for eight 
years. Judge of Criminal Court, of Des Moines, four years. 

Samuel Franklin Maxwell, born July 29, 1817, Madison, 
Indiana. Died June 15, 1877, Rockville, Indiana. Educated, 
Bloomington Schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation 
and position, lawyer, and for several years Judge of the Court 



180 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

of Coiiiriion J^lcas, 1853-61, of Parke and Vermillion Counties, 
Indiana, for J*arke, Vigo and Sullivan, 1865-69. Judge Max- 
well's death was caused hy tetanus, arising from a wound in 
his hand. 

John Wilson Morrison, born October 23, 1813, Chester Dis- 
trict, South Caroliiui. Died ^January 5, 1867, Lake Forest, 
Illinois. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occujjatiou, jireaching 
the gospel. Position, pastor of the Reformed Presley teri an 
Church, Bloom, Illinois, for twenty-two years. His tombstone' 
has on it this inscription : " A I'rairie Missionary, an Ehxpicut 
Preacher and Faithful I'astor." 

Samuel C. J 'arks, l)orn March 25, 1820, Middlebury, Ver- 
mont. Residence, Rawlins, Wyoming Territory. Educated, 
at Madis5n, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and A. M. 
from Jacksonville College, 1844. Occupation and position, 
taught school for six years, studied law and practiced till 
September, 1863. Member of Constitutional Convention of 
Illinois. In 1863 was a]>p()inted by President Lincoln, Associ- 
ate Justice of Idaho, resigned in 1865. Was appointed Associ- 
ate Justice of New Mexico, served one term of four years, was 
at his own request transferred to Wyoming Territory, in 1882. 
At present (1883), Judge of the Third Judicial District of 
Wyoming Territory. It is perhaps worthy of note that Judge 
]*a,rks has served as Judge, in three different territories. Judge 
Parks is the son of Professor B. Parks, of the University of 
Indiana. 

Joshua Pressler, A. B. and A. M., Concordia, Louisana, 
J. J. Presler, a. B. and A. M., Mississi})pi. 

Howard Stapp, born July 20, 1819, Madison, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Galveston, Texas. Education : Was a pupil of Beau- 
mont Parks, afterward ]*rofessor of Language in Indiana Uni- 
versity. Degrees A. B, and A. M. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law in Indiana. Admitted to the bar, 1840; in 
Boonville, Missouri, 1841. In 1848 returned to Madison and 
practiced law there. In 1858 crossed the plains to California, 
via Salt Lake City, San Bernardino and Los Angeles to San 
Francisco. Followed mining for eight years. In 1866 returned 
via Nicaragua and New York to Texas as an employe in the 
Internal Revenue Department. At present (1883) a cotton 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 181 

planter. Took an active part in the Presidential canvass of 
1848 and 1852 for General Taylor and General Scott. A mem- 
ber of the Christian Church. 

James McGready Townsend, born February 19, 1820, Mor- 
ganfield, Kentucky. Residence, San Bernardino, California. 
Educated at Morg^anfield, Kentucky. Degrees A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and position, teacher and farmer; steward in the 
church; engaged a<'tively in educational, church and temper- 
ance work, before leaving Clay and Vigo (Jonnties, Indiana, 
and also in California. 

Georoe Edward West, born Novend)er 25, 1810, Salem, Mass- 
iichusetts. ResideiKic, Lafayette, Indi;ni;i. Kducatcd at Salem, 
Massaxdiusetts. Degrees A. B. and A.M. Position, four yi^ars 
in United States Navy. Occupation after leaving the navy, 
milling and merchandising. Resigned position in United States 
Niivy on account of sickness caused by African fever. 

CRAKi Ritchie Wylie, born April 25, 1810. Died July 28, 
1840, near Louisville, Kentuck3\ Educated, I'reparatory School 
Indiana College. Degree A. B. Occupation, teaching. In- 
tending to study law. The third son of President Wylie, 

1880. 

John A. Clement, born in 1814, in Gibson County, Indiana, 
died March 8, 1845. Educated at Princeton, Indiana, Seminary, 
Mr. Brydon, Principal. Degrees A, B. and A. M. Occupation, 
teacher in high school, Casey County, Georgia. During a va- 
cancy in the Department of Mathematics in the University 
(1839-40) Mr. Clement had charge. 

Seth Marshall Leavenworth, born Jiily 80, 1821, at Mill- 
town, Harrison County, Indiana, died November 21, 1808, at 
Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occu[)ation : 
Studied law with Mr. Edson, of Mt. Vernon ; engaged in trade ; 
since 1857, cashier First National Bank of Mt. Vernon. 

Adam Marshall, born in 1807, in Fairtield District, South 
Carolina, died at Idana, Kansas, December 21, 1866. Educated 
at Winsboro College, South Carolina. Degrees A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation, teaching. Was an elder in the Reformed 
Presbyterian Church. 

13— History. 



182 HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



Elam Hamilton Waugh, born December 25, 1815, in Ircflell 
County, North Carolina. Residence, Longmont, Boulder 
County, Colorado. Educated at home by his mother and father. 
Degrees A. B. and A. M., and, from Elective Medical Institute, 
Cincinnati, M. D. Occupation, for five years a teacher, for 
thirty-four years a practitioner of medicine. Position, elder in 
the Presbyterian Church; delegate to General Assembly in 
May, 1878, meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and also to 
the meeting in Minneapolis in 1886. In 1862 he was made 
Physician to tlie City of Leavenwortli, and for some time was 
Superintendent of the schools. Dr. Waugh married Miss 
Margaret Dodds, of Bloomington. In July, 1840, he moved to 
Kansas Territory. During the troubles which took place in 
the eftbrt to make Kansas a slave State, he lost his second son, 
Addison, in the Quantrel raid u}>on Lawrence. His eldest son, 
Newton, who had enlisted to tight with the Indians, was killed 
in a l)attle with the Utes, in Idaho, A third son, Morris, who 
had left home for the Far West in 1866, was never heard of 
afterwards. 

In 1865 Mrs. Waugh died, and soon after her eldest daughter, 
leaving the two youngest surviving. In 1871 Dr. Waugh mar- 
ried Delia E. Olney, and moved to Clinton, a small town west of 
Lawrence, in 1873, and in 1880 moved to Colorado, near Long- 
mont. 

Thomas D. Weir, A. B., A. M., Salem. 

Francis West, born August 13, 1822, at Salem, Massachu- 
setts ; died August 3, 1840, at Indianapolis. Educated at Salem, 
Massachusetts. Degree A. B. This young man, of fine talents, 
and much esteemed by his teachers, by his early death disap- 
pointed the expectations of a brilliant career in life. 

George Grover Wright was born in Bloomington, March 
24, 1820, the eighth child of a family of five sons and four 
daughters. Pesidence, DesMoines, Iowa. Educated at Bloom- 
ington. Entered the Preparatory Department when about 
fourteen years old. Degrees A. B., A. M. and LL. D. in 1866. 
The degree LL. D. was also conferred by Iowa College, at 
Grinnell ; the Wesleyan University, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa ; Simp- 
son Centenary College, Indianola, Iowa, and Iowa State Uni- 
versity. Occupation and position : Studied law with his 
brother, Governor Joseph A. Wright, at Rockville. In 1840 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 183 



was admitted to practice in Indiana. On moving to Kesaugna, 
Iowa, commenced practice. At this time his pecnniary cap- 
ital was zero. In 1865 Judge Wright removed to DesMoines, 
his present residence (1889). In 1847 he was elected Prose- 
cuting Attorney for Van Buren County. In 1848, State Sen- 
ator, as a Whig, by a majority of 140 in a county having a 
Democratic majority of about 250. In 1852 was voted unan- 
imously by the Whigs for the United States Senate, but was 
left in the minority, as the district was overwhelmingly Dem- 
ocratic. He then returned to the practice of law. In 1855 
was elected Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, by the 
Legislature. This position he- held till 1860, when he declined a 
reelection the fall before, by the people, according to the Con- 
stitution of 1857. In 1860, a vacancy on the bench occurring, 
by death, Governor Kirkwood requested Judge Wright, to fill 
the unexpired term. Judge Wright was elected for the unex- 
pired term that fall, and in 1865 was again reelected for a term 
of six years. In 1870, while occupying this place, he Avas 
elected United States Senator, and entered upon the duties of 
his office March 4, 1871. Having served as Senator for six 
years, he declined a reelection, and in March, 1877, returned to 
the practice of his profession, not however, engaging in ge'n- 
eral practice, but giving his attention only to cases in the 
United States Supreme Court. In 1865, in connection with 
two others, he opened a law school in DesMoines. Three years 
after, at the request of the Regents of Iowa University, this 
law school was made a department of this institntion. Here 
he continued to teach and lectnre till January, 1871, resigning 
this place on account of his approaching duties as Senator. 
Recently he has engaged to return to his law professorship for 
a short term each year. For ten years past he has nearly all 
the time taken an active part in political campaigns, generally 
in Iowa, sometimes in other States. Judge Wright has been 
a diligent worker, not only within but outside of his profes- 
sional duties. He has lectured two hundred times or more, be- 
fore societies and colleges on commencement occasions, before 
lyceums, for the benefit of library associations, school libra- 
ries, and for many benevolent, literary, church and like asso- 
ciations. Among these should be mentioned the eloquent 
address delivered in the M. E. Church, before the Alumni of 
Indiana University, June 11, 1889. Judge Wright's ambition 



184 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

has been, not to accumulate wealth, but rather to bring up a 
good family, and to acquire the means to do it. In these aims 
he has been successful. Tliree of his sons are lawyers, two of 
them associated with liimself in the practice of law, and the 
third at Sioux City, all eminent citizens. It is pleasant and 
profitable to contemplate such a life as Judge Wright's — a 
self-made man, born in poverty — his father dying when he was 
five years old, his mother left with l)ut little propet^ty, and that 
unproductive. All the children, as soou as they were able, had 
to work for their living. His distinguislied brother. Governor 
Joseph A. Wright, was glad to undertake any menial work 
about the college, or elsewhere, while he was a student, but 
was unable, through want of means, to complete the course 
of study. In order to hel[) his widowed mother and the 
younger members of the family, he gave up for a time the 
studies in which he delighted. George, the subject of this 
sketch, at an early age was attacked by rheumatism, which 
afflicted him severely for seven years, and left him a crip- 
ple for life. When about fourteen years old he first went 
to school, having been taught to some extent by his motlier 
and l)rothers at home. His name first occurs in a MS. list 
of the students in the winter term of 1834-5. His honesty, 
prudence and temperance in all tilings, with the talents God 
gave liim, have made him a distinguished citizen of his 
adopted State. Judge Wright is a member of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, and heartily thanks the Giver of all 
good for the blessings he has received, and for the care of a 
good mother, and for the lessons he received from his teachers, 
and especially from the President of the University. Dr. A. 
Wylie. Judge Wright married Hannah M. Dibble, October 
19, 1843. 

1840. 

John Robert Cravens, born November 22, 1819, at Madison. 
Residence, Madison, Indiana. Educated in the Madison schools, 
at a school in Xenia, Ohio, and also at Harrisonburo^h, A^ire:inia. 
Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, attorney at law. Took 
an active part in the political issues of the day. I*ositions : 
Paymaster in United States Army for four years, school trustee 
of the city of Madison, and for nine sessions State Senator. 
Mr. Cravens is a member and trustee of the Second Presby- 
terian C'hurch, 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 185 

John Willis Dunbar, horn May 8, 1819, at Dunbarton, Mis- 
sissippi, died December 11, 184(J, at Dunbarton, near Natchez, 
Mississippi. Educated at Jotterson College, Wasliington, 
Mississippi, but did not graduate. Mr. Dunbar also received 
instruction from the celebrated orator, 8. S. Prentiss. Degrees 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation : After graduation he studied 
law, intending to prepare himself tVn- political life, l)ut his fail- 
ing health terminated in death. Mr. Dunl)ar was a popular 
man among his fellow students. An address he delivered while 
a student at college was so much esteemed l)y the students and 
his friends that they published it. 

William K. Edwards, born near Louisville, Kentucky, about 
the year 1820. Died in 1878. Mr. Edwards entered the Fresh- 
man Class in 1836. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Studied law at 
Transylvania University, Kentucky. Was a pupil of Judge 
Mayes and Judge Robertson. He graduated LL. B. in 1842. 
Occupation : Mr. Edwards located in Terre Haute and com- 
menced the practice of his profession. Position: In 1H45 he 
was elected to the Legislature. He served three subsequent 
sessions of the Legislature; in 1873 was Speaker of the House 
of Representatives. Mr. Edwards was noted as a painstaking, 
laborious worker as a legislator, and was particularly distin- 
guished as a parliamentarian. He M^as the first Mayor of Terre 
Ilaute after its organization as a city under the act of 1853. 
This office he held to the satisfaction of the community for 
two terms. In 1855 he was appointed a Trustee of Indiana 
University; was President of the Board from 1855 to 1857, 
and with the exception of the years 1859-61 was a Trustee till 
the time of his death. He was also Secretary of the Rose 
Polytechnic Institute ; he delivered the address at the laying 
of its corner stone. Col. Edwards was also a Director of the 
Terre Ilaute & Chicago, and Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Van- 
dalia Railroads, and also a Director of the First National Bank 
of Terre Haute. He was the best known and, perhaps, the 
best posted Odd Fellow in the State, of which he w^as Past 
Grand Master. He was also a prominent Mason, and at one 
time Master of the Social Lodge No. 86. Col. Edwards was 
designated by the late Chauncey Rose as one of the executors 
of his will, and was especially entrusted by that philanthropist 
with the carrying out of his various schemes of an educational 
and charitable character. 

Indebted to Prof. Byers for the above notice. 



186 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Matthew Elder, born January 3, 1813, in Chester District, 
South Carolina. Residence, Gnthriesville, York County, South 
Carolina. Educated at the schools of Messrs. McMillan, Don- 
nelly & Sheene. Degrees A. B, and A. M. Occupation : For 
twenty-four years a teacher ; nine years Professor of Ancient 
Languages in Yorkville Female College, and also Professor of 
Natural Science ; now, in his seventieth year (1882), a farmer 
in York County, South Carolina. Position, an elder in the 
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Cliurch. Mr. Elder's inten- 
tion was to study for the ministry, l)ut ■was prevented by a se- 
vere spinal atfection. Mr. Elder, by his public addresses and 
contributions to the pa})ers, has been a zealous advocate of 
temperance. 

Zenas Kell M. IIoge, born 1821, in Gibson County, Indiana, 
died about four years after graduatic^n*. Educated at Princeton, 
Indiana, Seminary. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
farmer. 

1841. 

Richard Taylor Allison, l)orn June G, 1823, in Jeiferson 
County, Kentucky, near Louisville. Educated at private 
schools, principally the school of Mr. Robert B. Smith. De- 
grees received, A. B. and A. M., and the degree LL. B. from 
Transylvania University. Occupation : After leaving the 
University he studied law, pursuing the study with much in- 
terest, both at home and in the oflices of attorneys in Louis- 
ville, and at the Transylvania University. After studying the 
profession he commenced the practice of law under favorable 
auspices in Baltimore, Maryland, but, his health failing, he 
spent the winter of 1848-49 in the West Indies. On his return 
to Baltimore he was appointed by his uncle, President Taylor, 
Paymaster in the United States Navy, and in this capacity 
served in the Paciilc and East Indies, in China and Japan, and 
notably in the squadron which, under Commodore Perry, con- 
stituted the Japan expedition, which opened Japan to the 
world. When the Civil War l^roke out in 1861, he was sta- 
tioned at the Navy Yard in Washington. Resigning liis otfice 
April 20, 1861, he w^ent South and was appointed Paymaster in 
the Marine Corps of the Confederate States, and served in this 
capacity througliout the war. After the war was over he re- 
tuiMU'd to Baltimore, where he has resided ever since, filling 



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diflerent positions ; amongst others he was Clerk of the Su- 
perior Court of Baltimore City. At present (1886) he is rest- 
ing from his lahors, feeling that he has grown rusty in law, 
and, having reached the grand climacteric, it is too late for 
him to study anew and to resume the practice of law. Mr. Al- 
lison says of himself that he has some pleasant hohhies which 
he rides moderately ; he haunts the libraries and reads a good 
deal, hut he can not call it study. He ascribes one of his chief 
pleasures and resources to his love of books and reading, for 
which he is indebted in a great degree to Indiana University 
and to its late revered President, Dr. Andrew Wylie, and in a 
lesser degree to the Philomathean Society. Mr. Allison mar- 
ried Miss Maria Key Taney, daughter of the late Roger B. 
Taney, Chief Justice of the United States. 

John Finley Dodds, born Fel)ruary 24, 1819, at Georgetowu, 
Kentucky. Residence, Logansport, Indiana. Educated in the 
Bloomington common schools. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Oc- 
cupation, hiwyer. Positions: Judge; County Auditor ; Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue, Ninth District, Indiana ; member 
of the Presbyierian Church. 

Albert Robinson Shannon, born June 28, 1822, in Shelby 
County, Kentucky. Residence, Carnii, Illinois. Educated at 
Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois. Degrees A. B. and A. 
M., and LL. B. from Transylvania University, Lexington 
(1844). Occupation, merchant. 

Charles Benjamin Thomas, born in 1823, at Charleston, 
South Carolina, died at Lexington, Kentucky, December 14, 
1873. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, lawyer. Posi- 
tion, Judge of Fayette Circuit Court at the time of his death. 
Judge Thomas was Judge Advocate in the Army of the Con- 
federate States, with the rank of Colonel. 

John Hosea Wylie, born February 14, 1823, at Washington, 
Pennsylvania, died March 10, 1855, at Likna Plantation, Ila- 
wai. Sandwich Islands, where he had gone for liealth. Edu- 
cated in Bloomington schools. Degrees A. B. and A. M., and 
M. D. from Louisville University. Occupation, physician, at 
Richmond, Indiana. 

1842. 

Isaac Benjamin Gwathmey, born November 4, 1822, Slielby- 
ville, Kentucky. Died May 5, 1856, St. Louis, Missouri. Edu- 



188 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

cated at Thomas Elliott's School, afterwards went to Bacon 
College, Kentucky. Entered Junior Class, Indiana University. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and LL. B., Harvard Law School, 
1867. He removed from Louisville to St. Louis, where he 
practiced law for three years hefore his death. He had just 
then hegun to estahlish himself, and to he regarded as one of 
the leading men at the har. Mr. Blackwood his eulogist 
said, " that the har had lost a prominent meml)er, the commu- 
nity a useful citizen, and society that l)right ornament a 
christian gentlenum." 

Samuel Millen, horn March 22, 1818, Chester District, South 
Carolina. Died Octoher 11, 1871. Educated, puhlic school, 
Chester District. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
minister of the gospel in tlie United I*resbyterian Church. 
Position, pastor of Shiloh Congregation, Indiana, for three 
years ; Clayton, Indiana, for seven years and Smith Creek, Illi- 
nois, fifteen years. Mr. Millen was connected with the chris- 
tain commission during the rebellion. 

GeorOxE Holibird Munson, born April 18, 1825, Litchfield 
County, Connecticut. Died August 11, 1855, at his residence, 
Bedford, Indiana. Educated, Salem Academy. Degrees, A. 
B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law, in partner- 
ship with the late George G. Dunn, Mr. Munson was not a 
member of any church, though a daily reader of the Bible, 
and always ready to help the needy. 

David Wasson Stormont, born September 26, 1820, Prince- 
ton, Indiana. Residence, Topeka, Kansas. Educated, Prince- 
ton Seminary. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and M. D., from Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania. Occupation, practice of medicine. 

Henry Tanner, born April 28, 1817, London, England. 
Residence, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. Educated, in Lon- 
don. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupation, attorney 
at law. After the resignation of Professor Ammen, Mr. Tan- 
ner was formally appointed Professor of Mathematics, pro /e7>?-. 
till the end of the year. At the close of Mr. Tanner's term of 
service, the board expressed on their minutes, their entire satis- 
faction with the creditable manner, in which he had filled so 
responsible a position. 

James Woodburn, A. M. See list of professors. 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 189 

1843. 

Richard Clough Gwathmey, born November 9, 1824, Jefler- 
soii County, Kentucky. Died August 6, 1885, at San Bernar- 
dino, California. Educated at Mr. Thomas Elliott's school and 
at Bacon College. Entered Sophomore Class Indiana Univer- 
sity, degrees A. B. and A. M. During the rebellion Mr. 
Gwathmey was loyal to the Union. Both he and his brother 
(of class 1842) were opposed to slavery, and on the side of 
emancipation when the question was raised in Kentucky, pre- 
vious to the war. Mr. Gwathmey was the inventor of an instru- 
ment, the cyclophore ; the patent was at first refused. Mr. 
Gwathmey appealed to the Supreme Court, plead liis own cause 
and gained the suit. 

William H. Head, born 1822, Chester District, South Caro- 
lina. Residence, Bryan, Texas. Educated at Louisville, Mis- 
sissippi. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, attorney at 
law for some time ; afterward minister of the gospel in the 
Baptist Church. Position, President of Concord Institute, 
Shiloh, Louisiana; President of the Hazlehurst Academy, 
Mississippi. 

John Abraham Hendricks, born March 7, 1823, Madison, In- 
diana. Killed at the battle of Pea Ridge, Friday, March 7, 
1862. Educated, at the common and classical schools of Madi- 
son, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, practic- 
ino; law. Enffaged for a short time in the lumber and sash 
business, and afterwards in law. Position, Captain in regi- 
mental service, 16th Regiment United States Infantry, under 
the " Ten Regiment Bill " in the Mexican War, and in active 
service on the Rio Grande. Lieutenant-Colonel, 22d Indiana 
Volunteers, in the war of the Rebellion. 

James Scott Hester, born 1825, Monroe County, Indiana. 
Died 1879, Nashville, Indiana. Educated, public school, Bloom- 
ington, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, law- 
yer. Position, member of committee to devise State code, 1852. 
Colonel in Union Army. Elected Judge of Circuit Court of 
Bartholomew and Brown Counties. Mr. Hester attended the 
law school of the University for two years. 

Hugh Aiken McKelvey, born March 23, 1818, at Chester, 
South Carolina. Residence, 544 Fairiiekl Avenue, Bridgeport, 



190 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Connecticut (1887). Educated at Sparta, Illinois. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation: Teaching and preaching; 
pastor seven years ; missionary in Minnesota four years ; ap- 
pointed Superintendent of Freedman's School, in 1864, at 
JS^atchez and Baton Rouge. Married Miss Harriet Fletcher, of 
Jamestown, New York, September 22, 1852. After her death 
Mr. McKelvey married Mrs^. H. M. Finch, of Sharon, Connecti- 
cut, August 28, 1866. 

John Orchard McKinney. A. B. and A. M. Dentist. Died. 
A dentist by profession. 

Stafford Curry Millen, born March 1, 1812, in Chester 
District, South Carolina. Died April 13, 1874, Iredell County, 
Korth Carolina. Educated, Fishing Creek Academy, Cliester 
District, South Carolina, Mr. Wylie the principal. Afterward 
at the Seminary of Rev. Hugh McMillan, Xenia, 0. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M., and in 1861 the honorary degree D. D. from 
Indiana University. Studied theology at Due-West Theologi- 
cal Seminary, South Carolina. Occupation, a preacher of the 
gospel. Position, pastor of several congregations in the Pres- 
byterian Church. President of Concord Female College, 
Statesville, ISTorth Carolina. Rev. Dr. Millen was originally a 
member and minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian 
Church. Afterwards joined the Presbyterian Church and be- 
came pastor of the church at Taylorsville. At the time of his 
death was pastor of the Concord Church, Iredell County, North 
Carolina, 

Samuel Theophylact Wylie, born January 2, 1825, Wash- 
ington, Pennsylvania. Died January 25, 1850, Cincinnati, 
Ohio. Educated, preparatory department Indiana University. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. and LL. B. Occupation, lawyer, 
Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. A^^ylie was a young man of tine talents 
and bid fair to become distinguished in his profession. 

1844. 

Robert Newton Fee, born December 3, 1822, Chester Dis- 
trict, South Carolina. He resided at Lewiston, Nez-Perce 
County, Idaho Territory, where he died, March 12, 1887. 
Educated, Bloomington, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, preaching and occasionall}^ teaching school. For 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 191 

live years a missionary and teacher among the Indians. Posi- 
tion, a minister of the gospel. For some time superintendent 
of the public schools in Iowa, and for a short time non-com- 
missioned Chaplain at Camp McClelland, Davenport, Iowa. 
Rev. R. 'N. Fee married Miss Isabella G. Monteith, Septemljcr 
6, 1848. 

Gabriel Monroe Overstreet, born May 21, 1819, Oldham 
County, Kentucky. Residence, Franklin, Indiana. Educated, 
Franklin College, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana 
LTniversity. Occupation and position, attorney at law. Prose- 
cuting attorney, city councilman and State Senator. Elder of 
the Presbyterian Church. Private in the war of the Rebellion. 
Married November 20, 1849, to Sarah S. Morgan. 

Paul Sieg, born March 24, 1817, Shenandoah County, Vir- 
ginia. Died April 6, 1861, Corydon, Indiana. Educated, Cory- 
don, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. .and A. M. : M. D. Louisville 
Medical Institute, 1856. Occupation and position, farmer, 
teacher, and druggist. A minister in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. Principal of Corydon Seminary, 1851-56. In 1860 
editor of the Corydon Argas. From 1846 to 1850 taught in 
Louisiana. Was instrumental in securing the passage of the 
school law of the State. 

1845. 

Jesse Ianthus Alexander, l)orn Octol)er 10, 1824, Gosport, 
Indiana. Died May 30, 1871, at Terre Haute. Educated, at 
Bloomington Preparatory. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occu- 
pation and position, lawyer; State Senator, six years. United 
States Collector of Internal Revenue, 7th District Indiana. 
Two years Captain in Mexican War. Colonel Alexander 
served with his command three years in the army of the Ten- 
nessee and for one year in command of 1st Brigade, 3d Divi- 
sion, 17th army corps. Was engaged in the battles of New 
Madrid and Island No. 10, Corinth, luka, Jackson Walniit 
Hills, Vicksburgh ; the Yazoo expedition and Missionary 
Ridge and other. 

Beza Kill Archer, born July 5, 1822, near Princeton, 
Indiana. Died at Princeton, Indiana, May 13, 1847. Edu- 
cated, at Princeton Seminary and Hanover C-ollege. Degrees, 
A. B., (Mr. A. on account of a severe mental and bodily af- 



102 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



fliction, was unable to attend, the last term of the Senior 
year, hut on account of his excellence as a student, was 
regarded as entitled to a diphuua). Occui)ati()n, for a short 
time, a druggist, then a teacher. Position, principal of the 
Gibson iSeminary, Princeton, Indiana. A member of the 
Reformed Presbyterian Church. 

John Alexander Campbell, born March 21, 1825, Johnson 
County, Indiana. Died August 8, 1800, suddenly while tilling 
a synodical appointment at Somonauk Congregation, Illinois. 
Educated, at Bloomington, and the Preparatory Department, 
Indiana University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Mr. Campl)ell 
studied theology in the Seminary of the United Presbyterian 
Church, Oxford, Ohio. Occupation and position, teacher at 
Dayton, Pennsylvania, and Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and 
preacher of the gospel, 

George Abraham Hauser, born April 16, 1820, Salem, 
North Carolina. Died at Hope, his home, soon after gradua- 
tion, having returned home sick. Educated, at the Moravian 
School, Salem, North Carolina. Degree, A. B. Was a mem- 
ber of the Moravian Churcli. 

John A. Millen, born June 21, 1826, Chester, South Caro- 
lina. Died November 7, 1849, Bedford, Indiana. Educated, 
Monroe County Schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occu}»a- 
tion and position, for a short time teacher in Louisiana. 
Practiced law in Bedford, till the time of his death. Member 
of the Presbyterian Church. 

Robert Quincy Roache, born June 16, 1824, Rutherford, 
County, Tennessee. Residence, California, Moniteau County, 
Missouri. Educated, at Bloomington, Indiana. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M. Occupation, commercial business and banking. 
Position, served one term as Judge of Circuit Court. 

William E. Simpson, born October 19, 1823, Brunswick 
County, Virginia. Died April 25, 1846, Paoli, Indiana. De- 
gree, A. B. Mr. Simpson was a young man of line personal 
appearance and address, of excellent mind, and much esteemed 
by both professors and students. He was a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. 

Barton W. Wilson, A. M. Lawyer. Greensburg. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIV?:KSITY. 193 

1846. 

Thomas P. Conelly, born November 19, 1817, Mount Ster- 
ling, Kentucky. Died November 10, 1865, Spencer, Indiana. 
Educated, in part at Wabash College. Degrees, A. B. and A. 
M., Indiana University, and M. D. from Cincinnati Eclectic 
College of Medicine. Occnpation and position, preacher of 
gospel in the Christian Church. For some time principal of 
the Bedford High School. Practiced medicine in Fayetteville, 
Indnma, and afterwards in Spencer, Indiana, preaching on the 
Lord's day. He held a public discussion on "Materialism," 
with Dr. N. Fields of JeiFersonville ; wliich debate he after- 
wards published. His defence of the " Conscious existence of 
the soul after death, was regarded as a true triumph of truth." 
He also held several other pul)lic discussions. Mr. Connelly 
was highly respected, as a patriot and christian by ail who 
knew him. 

Jonathan Clark, born August 3, 1><28, Fayette County, 
Kentucky. Kesidence, Paducah, Kentucky. Educated, Louis- 
ville, Kentucky, at the schools of K. M. Smith, John Harney, 
and Noble Butler. Degrees, A, B. and A. M,, and M. I), from 
Louisville University. Occupation, jihysician. 

Thomas A. Graham. A. B. and A. M. Jasper, Indiana. 

Alexander McCau(JHan, born 1821. Died October 15, 1845. 
Was a member of tlie senior class at the time of his death. 

Samuel N. D. Martin, born January 11, 1825, Livonia, 
Indiana. Residence, Winnebago Agency Nebraska. Edu- 
cated, at a private school Livonia, also, at Paris, Illinois. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, })reaching the gospel and 
teaching. Position, missionary of Presbyterian Board of 
Foreign Missions at Ningpo, China, from 1850-58. Superin- 
tendent of boys' boarding-school. Home missionary for six 
years in Texas, and for eight years in Indiana, Illinois and 
Missouri. For two years sui>erintendent of government board- 
ing-school among the Nez-Perces, Indian reservation Idaho 
Territory. For four years missionary in Kansas. At present 
(1882), superintendent Government Industrial Boarding-scliool 
for the Winnebago Indians, at Winnebago, Nebraska. 

William Alexander Parsons Martin, born April 10, 1827, 
in Livonia, Indiana. Residence, Peking, China. Educated at 



194 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



Livonia and at Indiana University. He entered the University 
in 1843. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Dr. Martin received the 
'degree D. D. from Layfayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, in 
1869, and LL. D. from Nev^ York University in 1870. By the 
Imperial decree he has been made a Mandarin of the third 
rank. Occnpation and position, studied theology for three years 
at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, New Albany. In 
1850 went as missionary to China, and since 1857 has been in 
the service of the Chinese government. In 1867 was made 
Professor of International Law, in the Imperial College at 
Peking, and since 1869 has been its President. In 1858, Dr. 
Martin assisted as interpreter for the Hon. W. B. Reed, United 
States Minister, in negotiating the new or second treaty with 
China. In 1859 he accompanied the United States Embassy to 
Peking. Four years afterwards he made Peking his perma- 
nent residence. The following are some of the books of which 
Dr. Martin is author or editor : " The Chinese, their Educa- 
tion, Philosopliy and Letters." This work was first published 
in China, and afterwards republished l)y the Harper Brothers, 
of New York. " History of the Classic Ages of China." " Les 
A^estiges d'un Droit International dans I'ancienne Chine" — (Pe- 
vue de Droit International). Natural Theology and Evidences 
of Christianity. Chinese. Reprinted in numerous editions in 
China and Japan. Natural Philosophy. Chinese; 7 volumes. 
This work contained the first formal treatise on chemistry, and 
the first regular course of Physics ever published in the Chinese 
language. A new edition of this w^ork was called for, or, 
rather, a new work entitled, " Mathematical Physics," was pub- 
lished in 1885. "The Chinese, their Education, Philoso[)hy 
and Letters." Shanghai and London, 1885. New York, 1881. 
The following translations were made by Dr. Martin, or under 
his direction : Wlieaton's International Law, De Marten's 
Guide Di})l()mati(pie, Woolsey's International Law, Bluntschle's 
International Law. All the works the Chinese possess thus 
far, on international law, are directly or indirectly from the 
pen of Dr. Martin. Fawcet's Political Economy. The first 
systematic work on the subject in the Chinese language. Dr. 
Martin has lately been made an Associe de I'institut de droit 
International de I'Europe, and Menibre Correspondent de la 
Societe de la Legislation Comparee de Paris. In the way of 
adventures. Dr. Martin reports the following : He v/as once 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 195 

taken prisoner by Chinese pirates, who soon released him, be- 
cause, as they said, they had learned to regard missionaries as 
" good men." Whether this happened in connection with the 
two important battles he witnessed, he does not state. Dr. 
Martin was the first foreigner in recent times to make the inland 
passage from Peking to Shanghai, via the Grand Canal, visiting, 
en route, the Chinese Jews in Honan, and the tomb of Confu- 
cius in Shantung. Dr. Martin is still (1889) President of the 
Imperial College, Peking (the Tungwen College). The cata- 
logue of 1888, of about one hundred pages, publislied by Im- 
perial authority, is in English and Chinese. There are four 
English-speaking Professors, two French, one German and 
three Chinese, with seven Chinese Tutors. Two in Mathemat- 
ics, one in Chemistry, two in English, one in Russian and one 
in French. Many of the students have received posts of offi- 
cial duty at home (in China) and abroad. 

Robert Rufus Roberts, born Noveml)er 7, 1824, in Henderson, 
Kentucky. Died at Brazil, Indiana, January 22, 1880. Edu- 
cated, at Henderson and afterwards at the Newburg Schools. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, Mr. Roberts first em- 
ployment was cashier in the Evansville Bank. He then be- 
came a farmer, and lastly, a dealer in coal in Newburg and at 
Brazil, where he lost his life by a boiler explosion. Mr. 
Roberts was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. He married Miss Martha C. Parrett of Evansville, 
daughter of the Rev. Robert Parrett, November 20, 1849. 

Washington M. Sharp. A. B. and A. M. Abbeville, S. C. 

David Shuck, born April, 1821, Harrison County, Indiana. 
Residence, Lecompton, Kansas. Educated, at common schools 
of Harrison County. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and D. I)., 
from Hartsville University. Occupation, tcacliing and preach- 
ing, in Louisiaiux, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois and Kansas. 
Position, elder in the church. Professor in, and for fifteen 
years president of Hartsville University. Dr. Shuck took a 
course of lectures in medicine at Louisville University. He 
entered the ministry in 1853. 

Homer Wheeler, born May 13, 1819, Alexander, Genessee 
County, New York. Died, San Francisco, California, Novem- 
ber 10, 1878. Educated in common schools of New York and 



196 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Indiana, and Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wisconsin. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teacher and minister of 
the gospel. Position, Rector of St. John's Parish, Bristol, In- 
diana. In 1854, of St. Peter's Church, Ashtabula, Ohio. Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics, Racine College, Wisconsin, during the 
presidency of Rev. Dr. Roswell Park. In company with Rev. 
Dr. Falk, Mr. Wheeler organized the Mission of Holy Inno- 
cents. Afterward he officiated as Chaplain of St.. Luke's IIos- 
l)ital, Racine, and at the same time took charge of St. Stephen's 
Mission Chapel. Mr. Wheeler, while a student at Indiana 
University, was baptized by the Rev. Andrew Wylie, D. D., the 
President, in the college chapel, W. A. P. Martin and S. N. 
Martin, his classmates, standing up with him as sponsors. 
Mr. Wheeler's health failing, he went to California, and died 
soon after his arrival in San Francisco. 

1847. 

Russell Bigelow Abbott, born August 8, 1823, Franklin 
County, Indiana. Residence, Albert Lea, Minnesota. Edu- 
cated in district school, Franklin County. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M., and honorary degree of D. D. (Galesville University). 
Occupation, teaching and the ministry. Positions, principal of 
school in Muncie, of the Henry County Seminary at New 
Castle and White Water Presbyterial Academy. Ordained 
minister, 1857. For seven years pastor of Brookville Church; 
for two years of Knightstown. In 1866 Principal of St. Paul 
Female Seminary, Minnesota. Pastor, since 1869, of church 
at Albert Lea, and President of Albert Lea College since 1882, 
under care of the Synod of Minnesota. Author of several 
pnblishcd addresses and sermons. 

Davies Batterton, born February 16, 1823, Bloomington, 
Indiana. Died A.pril 19, 1858, Greensburg, Indiana. Educated 
in Bloomington schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupa- 
tion, editor and druggist. Positions, County Superintendent 
and mendjer of the Indiana Legislature. 

John Oldham Bullock, born 1832, Louisville, Kentucky. 
Died, 1856, Columbus, Kentucky. Educated, Louisville, Ken- 
tucky. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law. Co-editor of a Democratic paper in Louis- 
ville. As a })olitical writer he was distinguished for his ability. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 197 

In Columbus, Kentucky, where he practiced hiw, he acquired a 
high position at the bar, and was regarded as one of the most 
promising men in that section of the state. He was alike dis- 
tinguished for his talents and intrepidity. 

Robert Barr Campbell, born July 30, 1820, Clark County, 
Indiana. Died Kovember 4, 1849, Bloomington, Indiana. 
Educated ; Bloomington, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
At the time of his death was a student of theology at the 
Theological Seminary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian 
Church, Oxford, Ohio. 

Theophilus Parvin, born January 9, 1829, Buenos Ay res, 
South America. Residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Edu- 
cation, Easton, Pennsylvania. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and 
from the University of Pennsylvania, M. D., and from Han- 
over College, the honorary degree LL. D. Occupation, teacher 
and physician. Position, professor in the Medical College, 
Ohio, 1864-69. Professor in the University of Louisville, 
1869-72, in Indiana Medical College, Indianapolis, 1881. Dr. 
Parvin was president of the American Medical Association in 
1879, and professor of Obstetrics, in Jeiferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, since 1883 to the present time 1890. Dr. Parvin 
has been a contributor to the medical literature of the day, and 
is the author of many lectures and addresses, and treatises on 
medical subjects. 

1848. 

Orlando Clarke, born JSTovember 6, 1824, Vernon, Indiana. 
Died April 2, 1876, at Vinton, Iowa. Educated, in jiart at 
Hanover College, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Mr. 
Clarke studied theology for three years at Princeton Theolog- 
ical Seminary, New Jersey, where he was licensed to preach, 
and afterwards, studied at New Haven Theological Seminary. 
Was stated supply in different congregations in Ohio, Missouri 
and Iowa. Was ordained as a minister of the Congregational 
Church at St. Louis, January 5, 1865. Was for a short time 
chaplain in the army. In 1862-64, superintendent of Blind 
Asylum, Iowa City, and afterward in 1875-76, he held the 
same office in the Blind Asylum, Vinton, Iowa, where after a 
short illness he died. Rev. Mr. Clarke was in his attain- 

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198 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



meiits, scliolarlj ; in liis sentiments elevated, and in his care 
and government of the pnpils, wise, tender and loving. 

KoBERT FuLLERTON, bom February 13, 1819, in Lincoln County, 
Tennessee. Died September 12, 1849, Lincoln County. Edu- 
cated in Viney Grove Academy, Tennessee. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, principal of a high school in Limestone County, 
Alabama, at the time of his death. Member of Reformed 
Presbyterian Church, and intended to study for the ministry. 

Isaac Washington Love, born October 2, 1820, near Mauck- 
port, Indiana. Died May 28, 1859, Corydon, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in Harrison County, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, attorney-at-la\v. Mr. Love was a meml)er of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Robert M. Overstreet, born December 23, , in Oldham 

County, Kentucky. Residence, Emporia, Kansas. Educated 
in Franklin schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation 
and position, minister of tlie Presbyterian Church. Mr. Over- 
street was a member of the Kansas Legislature. He was sta- 
tioned at Beaver, Indian Territory, as a Stated Supply by the 
Presbyterian Board. An interesting letter by Rev. Mr. Over- 
street was published in " The Church at Home and Abroad," 
on this new and interesting field for Home Missions. 

Jefferson Clay Thornton, born January 9, 1827, in Salem, 
Indiana. Residence, Warrensburg, Missouri. Educated in 
Salem, Indiana, and New Albany, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation, preacher and teacher. After completing 
his theological studies, Mr. Thornton had charge of a congre- 
gation in St. Charles, Missouri, for a short time, and then ac- 
cepted a call from a church in Liberty, Missouri. In 1853 he 
was elected a Professor in William Jewell College. In 1859 
Mr. Thornton, through failing liealth, had to give up pastoral 
duties for several years. He visited his friends in Paoli, In- 
diana. In 1871 he returned to Missouri and preached occa- 
sionally as health would permit. At present (1888) Mr. Thorn- 
ton is a member of the Kansas Presbytery, though without 
charge, and lives at Warrensburg, Missouri. Mr. Thornton, in 
1854, married Miss Kate Bird, of Liberty, Missouri. 

William Theodore Wylie, born March 2, 1829, in Kakaskia, 
Illinois. Residence, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania. 



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Educated at Dr. McMillian's Academy, Xenia, Ohio, and Dr. 
Faires', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, teaching and the ministry. Position, pastor at 
Milton, Pennsylvania, at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, at Belle- 
fonte, Penns3dvania. President of Wilson College for women, 
Chambersburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Wylie is an ardent advo- 
cate of temperance. The author of the Bellefont system of 
church collections ; compiler of " Lessons and prayers for the 
school and family." Originator and publisher of " The Chris- 
tian Giver, a monthly devoted to systematic benevolence," and 
a series of tracts on christian giving. 

1849. 

Michael Steele Bright, born January 6, 1830, in Madig^on, 
Indiana. Died November 4, 1868, on the Ohio River. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, studied law with his father 
Senator Michael S. Bright, and practiced law till 1854. Posi- 
tion, was for some time Judge in County Court, Superior, 
Wisconsin. In 1862 moved to Chicago. In 1863 moved to 
New York City and established the banking house of Bright 
& Co. Mr. Bright met his death in a collision of steamers on 
the Ohio River, between Cincinnati and Madison, in his exer- 
tion to save others. An eloquent eulogy was pronounced be- 
fore the Gold-board of New York, by Dr. T. A. Hoyt. 

Alvah Johnson, born November 5, 1825, in Warrick County, 
Indiana. Residence, Evansville, Indiana. Educated at Boon- 
ville, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Mr. Johnson 
studied law with Judge W. T. Parrett, and commenced the 
practice in Boonville, in 1852, in connection with Judge L. Q. 
De Bruler of Rockport. Was elected and served for four 
years as Recorder of Warrick County. Was afterward elected 
Treasurer of the county in 1853, and served four years. In 
1862 was a union candidate for Congress, in the first Congres- 
sional District, but was not elected, though the usual Demo- 
cratic majority was much reduced. Mr. Johnson took an 
active part in defense of the integrity of the Union during the 
rebellion. Removing to Evansville he was appointed Provost 
Marshall of the 1st Congressional District and was engaged 
till the end of the war mustering in the 143d and 144th Regi- 
ments of Infantry, and was honorably discharged at the end 



200 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

of the war. Occupation, at present (1889), and for some years 
past, is dealing in real estate. In June 1869 lie made a tour of 
Europe, from Scotland through England, France, German}^, 
Switzerland and Italy, in company with Professor Richard 
Owen. Mr. Johnson on his return united with the Cumber- 
land Presb3'terian Church in Evansville, of which he was made 
a ruling elder and trustee, and also, superintendent of the 
Sabbath School. In June, 1S52, Mr. Johnson married Miss 
Jane Parrett, daughter of Rev. Robert Parrett. 

Charles McLean, born November 7, 1832, in Baltimore, 
Maryland. Residence, 2704 Chestnut street, St. Louis, Mis- 
souri. Educated at private school, Madison, Indiana. Occu- 
pation, merchant. 

AViLLiAM Edward McLean, born October 12, 1831 in Fred- 
erick, Maryland. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated 
at common schools of Bloomington.and Terre Haute. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, attorne}^ at law. Position, Pros- 
ecuting Attorney; member of House of Representatives and 
State Senate, and Secretary of Senate of Indiana; Colonel of 
43d Regiment Indiana Volunteers during the entire war. Col. 
McLean was engaged with his regiment at the battle of New 
Madrid, the capture of Island No. Ten, assault on Port Pillow, 
battle of Helena, capture of Little Rock, Arkansas, capture of 
Memphis, Tennessee, and in the engagements of the " Banks 
Expedition," and battle of Jenkins' Ferry. Married Miss 
Juliette Barnes. 

James McDowell Miller, born September 25, 1825, in Craw- 
ford County, Indiana. Residence, luka, Mississippi. Edu- 
cated at common schools of Crawford County, and at Livonia 
Academy, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
merchandizing, teaching, preaching and farming. Position, 
School Superintendent, United States Census Enumerator, 1870 
and 1880, State Statistician; correspondent of the Agricultural 
Bureau, author of several articles on temperance, spiritualism, 
agriculture, etc. 

Blackford Bondinot Mopfatt, born August 24, 1825, in Vin- 
cennes, Indiana. Died a few years after graduation. Educated 
at Terre Haute. Degrees, A. B., A. M. LL. B. Occupation, 
attorney at law. 



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James Woodward, born October 4, 1828, London, England. 
Kesidence, Carbon, Adams County, Iowa, in 1883. Educated 
in Louisville, Kentucky. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. 
Occupation, for some years a merchant ; for the last seven a 
teacher. Position, since 1852 a minister in the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. Mr. Woodward is a zealous preacher of the 
gospel, and was an active opponent of slavery in pro-slavery 
times and on pro-slavery ground. 

1850. 

Egbert Gaston Elliott, residence, Lawrence, Kansas. Came 
to Indiana University from College Corner, Ohio. Soon after 
graduating went to Kansas. Was in the territory during the 
time the great conflict took place between the slaveholders and 
the friends of freedom for the occupancy of the territory. Mr. 
Elliott, in connection with Judge Miller, class 1852, was editor 
and proprietor of the Kansas Free Press which was de- 
stroyed by the border rufiians. Mr. Elliott was Railroad Com- 
missioner of Tree Culture. (From <J). A. 0. Catalogue.) He 
was also a member of the Board of Trustees of State University 
at Lawrence. 

SaxMUEl Steele Elliott, died May 2, 1863, Morning Sun, 
Ohio. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, principal of 
the Knoxville, Tennessee, Academy, and afterward of the High 
School at Morning Sun. (<J). A. 0. Catalogue). 

Robert Charles Foster, born August 8, 1831, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana, since 1844. 
Educated in Philadelphia Public Schools. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M. Position, County Auditor and Clerk of Circuit Court 
of Monroe County ; Representative of Monroe County in State 
Legislature 1877; School Trustee of Bloomington; Secretary 
of Board of Trustees of Indiana University for nearly twenty- 
five years ; cashier for some years of First National Bank, 
Bloomington ; member and treasurer of the Presbyterian 
Church. Married Miss Agnes McCalla. 

Ara Edward Spence Long, born November 30, 1825, Princess 
Ann, Sommerset County, Maryland. Residence, Columbus, 
Indiana. Educated in the Public Schools. Degrees, A. B., A. 
M. and LL. B., Northwestern Christian University (now But- 



202 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

]er), 1859. Occupation and position, teacher, merchant, 
lawyer and farmer; postmaster at Cohimbus four years during 
Pierce's administration. After resigning this office practiced 
hiw for tive years ; afterward became farmer. Was for a year 
assistant treasurer of Bartholomew County. Was Republican 
candidate for Congress to till the term of Mr. Kerr (deceased). 
Nominated by the National party for Congress against Judge 
Bicknell, but in both cases was defeated. 

Littleton John Powell, A. B., Spencer, Ind. Soon after 
graduating was accidently killed at a barn raising, Occupa- 
tion, farmer, Spencer, Ind. ((J). A. 0. Catalogue.) 

James Strean^ born August 21, 1824, Columbiana County, 
Ohio. Died September 7, 1851, Monroe County Indiana. Ed- 
ucated in the Ohio and Indiana Public Schools. Degree A. B. 
Occupation, farmer and miller. Died from overwork build- 
ing a mill. (O. A. 0. Catalogue.) 

Peter M. Vail, degrees, A. B. and A. M., Dearborn County. 

John Henry Wise, born July 19, 1829, in Accomack County, 
Virginia. Residence, San Francisco, California. Educated in 
Accomack, Virginia, and Washington City, D. C. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, on the Coast Sur- 
vey from spring of 1853 till 1861. Inspector and ganger and 
Deputy Collector in the Custom House at San Francisco. 
Director of the Free Library of San Francisco. Chairman of 
the Democratic State Central Committee, which position he 
still holds (1882). From 1861 to the present time, wool and 
commission merchant (of the firm of Christy & Wise). Was 
elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of San Fran- 
cisco. 

George Dugdale Wise. A. B. and A. M. Lawyer. Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Obadiah Jennings Wise, born April 10, 1821, in Accomack 
County, Virginia. Died February 9, 1862. Educated in Wash- 
ton, D. C, and studied under a private tutor in Rio Janeiro, 
Brazil, his father being United States Minister at that place. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and from William and Mary College^ 
Virginia, LL. B. Soon after his graduation at AVilliam and 
Mary College he was Secretary of Legation at Berlin and Paris, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. "203 

and on his return became editor of Richmond Enquirer. At 
the breaking out of the Rebellion joined the Confederate army 
as Captain of the Light Infantrj- Bhies, and served under his 
father, General Henry A. Wis©, in West Virginia, during the 
summer and fall of '61. Was in several engagements. He fell 
mortally vfounded at the battle of Roanoke Island, North 
Carolina, on February 8, '62, was captured and died in the hos- 
pital the following day. Capt. Wise, while editor of the Rich- 
mond Enquirer, took a very prominent and active part in 
ISTational and State politics. 

John James Wise, born January 11, 1830, in Accomack, Vir- 
ginia. Residence, Accomack C. H., Virginia. Educated, in part, 
at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Degrees, A. B. 
and A. M. Occupation and position, phj^sician ; County Treas- 
urer for four years. Captain in C. S. A. army. Engaged in all 
the battles of the seven days around Richmond, and in the 
siege of Petersburg. 

Alexander Yates, born November 30, 1830, in Hines County, 
Mississippi. Killed at the battle of Vicksburg. Educated at 
county school. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and from Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, LL. B., and from Medical School, New Orleans, 
M. D., in 1856. Occupation and position, practicing physician. 
Brigadier General in Confederate army. Was in most of the 
battles fought in the siege of Vicksburg, where he was killed. 

1851. 

Nelson Kendall Crowe, born December 15, 1830, at Prince- 
ton Indiana. Residence, Wells ville, Ohio. Educated at Prince- 
ton Academy, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
minister of the gospel. Position, pastor of Hill Prairie Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church, Marissa, Illinois ; of Walton Pres- 
byterian Church, Walton, New York ; of Savannah Presbyte- 
rian Church, Savannah, Ohio ; of Radnor Presbyterian Church, 
Radnor, Ohio ; of Kingston Church, Delaware, Ohio. Was 
sent by the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian 
Church to Alexandria, Virginia, in the Freedmen's Mission,, 
and labored there till the close of the war. Was delegate to 
the General Assembly, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Post Chaplain 
at Giesboro, D. C, in 1863 ; author of the History of the 
Freedmen's Mission of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and 



204 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



of many public addresses, and of many lectures ; one of the 
committee of the National Reform Association when present- 
ing their cause to President Lincoln. 

David Smith Paris, born iSTovember 11,1830, near Blooming- 
ton, Indiana. Residence, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois. 
Educated in the district school and at home. Degrees, A. B. 
and A. M. Occupation, preaching the gospel. Position, pastor 
of Bethel Congregational Reformed Presbyterian Church, 
Sparta, Illinois. 

William Henry, born June 7, 1830, in South Carolina. 
Died April 18, 1856, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated, in part 
by Rev. James Faris, Monroe County, Indiana. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M. Occupation, studied theology in the Associate 
Reformed Presbyterian Seminary, under Dr. Claybaugh, Ox- 
ford, Ohio. Position, minister in the Associate Reformed 
Presbyterian Church. 

John Magill Johnson, born June 9, 1826, in Liberty Town- 
ship, Crawford County, Indiana. Residence, Marengo, Craw- 
ford County, Indiana. Educated in the common schools of 
Crawford, Orange and Harrison Counties. Deg:rees, A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation, teaching, preaching and farming. Posi- 
tion, ordained elder in the church of the United Brethren. 
Principal of the Marengo Academy. For some time pastor of 
the church in Marengo. Mr. Johnson was author of a dis- 
course giving account of the origin, doctrine and progress, of 
the church of the United Brethren in Christ, for the Centen- 
nial Exposition at Philadelphia. He has also labored in the 
temperance cause. 

John Calvin Smith, born October 29, 1831, in Bloonungton, 
Luliana. Residence, Rose Point, Lawrence County, Pennsyl- 
vania. Educated in Monroe County, Indiana. Occupation, 
taught at Bedford Seminary for one year, and conducted the 
model school in connection with Indiana University. Position, 
for four years professor of mathematics, Geneva College, Ohio. 
Ordained and installed pastor at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, 
May, 1863. Member of board of trustees of Geneva College. 
]Mr. Smith's original congregation has become four, of one of 
which. Slippery Rock, he is still pastor (1882). 

Redick McKee Wylie, born May 22, 1831, in Bloomington, 



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Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana, Educated in the 
Blooniington scliools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
farmer and merchant. Married Miss Madeline Tliompson. 

1852. 
George P. Ketcham, A. B. and A. M. Dentist. Bedford. 

David Hume McDonald, born in Washington, Indiana. 
Residence, Quincy, Owen County, Indiana. Educated at 
Bloomington Academy. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and M. D. 
by the University of Louisville. Occupation, pn'actitioner of 
medicine. Position, local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 

CuRRAN Emmett McDonald, bom August 20, 1833, in Daviess 
County, Indiana. Residence, 270 East Tenth street, ISTew York, 
N". Y. Educated principally in Bloomington schools and Pre- 
paratory Department of University. Degrees, A. B., and A. M. 
Occupation, attorney in patent cases and solicitor of patents. 

I^ewton F. Malott, born February 13, 1832, in Leesville, 
Indiana. Died at his residence, Vincennes, Indiana, of paralv- 
sis, April 23, 1888. Educated in Bedford County Seminary. 
Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. (1854). Occupation, attor- 
ney-at-law. Positions, Judge of Circuit Court since 1870, and 
Trustee of Indiana University (1863). An important decision 
was made by Judge Malott with regard to the legal existence 
of the 29th of February, in opposition to the old legal opinion 
that it was not to be regarded as a legal day. Judge Malott 
was an exemplary citizen and upright judge. 

JosiAH Miller, born November 12, 1828, in Chester District, 
South Carolina; died January 7, 1870, in Lawrence, Kansas. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, Attorney at Law; receiv- 
ing the degree of LL. B. from law school at Poughkeepsie, Xew 
York. Position, editor of Central Illinois Times, Bloomington, 
Illinois. On removing to Kansas, editor of the Kansas Free 
State, Lawrence, Kansas. In 1857 was elected Probate Judge 
of Douglass County. In 1861, State Senator, which office he 
resigned and accepted that of Postmaster of Lawrence, which 
he held till 1863, when he became Paymaster in the United 
States army, with rank of Major. In 1866 was a member of 



206 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

the Legislature. The Kansas Free State was an anti-shivery 
journal, and was destroyed by order of the Territorial govern- 
ment, May 21, 1856, having been indicted by a pro-slavery jury 
as a nuisance. Shortly after this Judge Miller was captured by 
the pro-slavery forces, and was tried for treason against South 
Carolina by Buford's band of invaders. On his release, he can- 
vassed Iowa and other portions of the West for J. C. Fremont. 
To Judge Miller Kansas is indebted for its seal with the appro- 
priate motto, " Ad astra per aspera.'''' Judge Miller married 
Miss Agnes Carlisle, of Bloomington, January 3, 1854. 

Thomas Wheeler, born March 15, 1821, in London, England. 
Came to Indiana in 1822. Residence, Sandborn, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated at Vanderburgh County schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. 
M. Occupation and position, physician. In the War of the 
Rebellion was surgeon of the 79th Illinois Infantry, and served 
during the time of enlistment in the Army of the Cumberland. 

Anderson McElroy Wylie, born December 12, 1833, at 
Bloomington, Indiana. Residence, Newtown, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. Educated at Bloomington. Degrees, A. B. 
and A. M. Occupations, taught three years in Philadelphia; 
studied three years in the Episcopal Seminary, Virginia, and 
ever since a preacher of the gospel. Positions, for twelve 
years a minister of the Episcopal Church, and afterwards, a 
minister of the Presbyterian Church. Spent parts of two years 
in England, lecturing and writing; was a constant correspond- 
ent for some time of New York and Philadelphia periodicals, 
and author of several published sermons and other discourses. 
Mr. Wylie was pastor of Presbyterian Church in ISTyack, New 
York, for some years, and afterwards of the church in New- 
town, Pennsylvania. At present (1889) residing in Brooklyn, 
New York. 

1853. 

John Calvin Knox Faris, born April 11, 1833, at Bloom- 
ington, Indiana. Residence, Topsham, Vermont. Educated 
at home by his father, Rev. James Faris. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation, preaching since 1859. Positions, in 
1864-5, Missionary to the Freedmen, Natchez, Mississii^pi ; in 
1870, pastor of a congregation in Ohio; from 1874 till the 



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present time (1882) pastor in Topsham, and for three years 
superintendent of the Topsham schools. 

William Wilson McMillan, born May 13, 1827, at Sehiia, 
Ahibama. Residence, Okithe, Kansas. Educated at Fayette- 
ville, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. Jlnd A. M. Occupation, preach- 
ing and teaching. Taught in Sharon College for five years. 
Preached in Baltimore. Pastor of Reformed Presbyterian 
Church in Olathe, Kansas. 

185-1. 

John J. Hight, born December 4, 1834, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Died at Cincinnati, December 18, 1886. Educated 
at Bloomington, Indiana. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and Honora- 
ry Degree D. D. Occupation, preacher in Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. Chaplain in the army, and assistant editor of the 
Western Christian Advocate. Dr. Hight was received into the 
Indiana Conference in 1854. Was ordained a deacon in 1850, 
and elder in 1858. His first pastoral charge was at Princeton, 
Indiana, in 1858. He served two years as pastor of Robert's 
Chapel, and one year as pastor of John Street Church, in New 
Albany, and four years a presiding elder in the ISTew Albany 
district. In 1862 he was appointed chaplain of the 58th 
Indiana Regiment, in which position he distinguished himself 
in his assiduous attention to the wounded and his tender con- 
solation to the dying. He was often called to the dangerous 
duty of gathering the wounded from the battle field. It is 
said that he fought with his regiment at the Imttles of Chicka- 
mauga, and also, at Stone River. After his retiring from the 
army he became the centenary agent in behalf of education in 
Indiana. After his service as presiding elder he was stationed 
at Evansville, and afterward at Bloomington. In July, 1»75, 
he was appointed to the assistant editorship of the Western 
Christian Advocate which position he filled with marked fidelity 
and success. He w^as a delegate to the General Conference in 
1872 and in 1880. Dr. Hight was a trustee of Indiana Asbury 
University. He was the author of an elaborate article on the 
" Tabernacle," for the Complete Text Pictorial Bible. He gave 
of his means for charitable and religious purposes, on the basis 
of one tenth of his annual income. He was cut off" in the 
vigor of life and usefulness, in the fifty-second year of his age. 



208 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

A sort of paralysis felt first in his hand, by slow degrees 
aifected his whole nervous system, and finally terminated in 
his death. Dr. Hight was twice married. His first wife was 
Miss Mary E. Arnold, of Bloomington, whom he married in 
1856. She lived only about a year after marriage. He 
married his second wife in 1867, Miss Mary E. Mitchell, who 
with one daughter Ida Gertrude survive him. 

Lewis A. Kellar, A. B. and A. M., New Albany. 

John H. Ketcham, was born December 29, 1832, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated 
in district schools of Monroe County. Degrees, B. S. and 
A. M. Occupation and position, regular minister of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. A pastor in difterent congre- 
gations; Presiding Elder. Since graduation, a member of the 
Indiana Conference, having filled the first leading charges in 
the Conference, and in 1882, pastor of the church in Martins- 
ville. 

William Herschel Lemon, born October 14, 1832 in Lawrence 
County, Indiana. Residence, Winchester, Jefferson County, 
Kansas. Educated at home. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Oc- 
cupation, student, teacher and physician. Position, President 
of Sugar Grove Institute, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, for three 
years, 1854-58. Assistant Surgeon 54th Indiana Volunteers 
for prisoners at Camp Morton, Indiana. Surgeon 82d Indiana 
Volunteers during the last three years of the Rebellion. Ora- 
tor of the Society of Alumni, 1861. Dr. Lemon was engaged 
in the battles of Nolinsville, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chatta- 
nooga (was made prisoner of war there and confined in Libby 
prison four months), Tunnel Hill, Buzzard Roost, Resacca, 
Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw, Pine Mountain, Jonesboro, Kings- 
ton, at Savannah, Branchville, Bentonville, and in many skir- 
mishes during his march to the sea. Dr. Lemon has in press a 
work entitled, '■'■ Ithuriel, the Days of the Demiurge," and also 
several works in MS. ready for the press. 

Theodore Read, born April 11, 1835, at Athens, Ohio, died 
on the field of battle, near Richmond, Virginia, April 6, 1865. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position : attorney 
at law ; Prosecuting Attorney, Bloomington District. Held an 
oflicial position in the Department of the Interior, at Wash- 



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ington, D. C, till 1860. Kesigning-, he practiced law at Paris, 
Illinois. When the call was made by President Lincoln for 
75,000 men for three months' service, at the commencement of 
the War of the Rebellion, he joined the army as a private, and 
was made Assistant Adjntant General, with the rank of Cap- 
tain, at the close of the three months' service, and assigned to 
dnty under General Brooks, in the Army of the Potomac. 
Was engaged in the battles from Manassas to Yorktown and 
the Chickahominy, the battles at Harrison's Landing and An- 
tietaiii. Was severely wounded at Fredericksburg. After his 
wound was healed, he mustered forces in Pennsylvania to op- 
pose the invasion of Pennsylvania by General Lee at Gettys- 
burg. He passed through the battles of the Wilderness and 
Spottsylvania unharmed. Was again wounded at Cold Har- 
bor. Was in Butler's advance on Richmond, when Fort Har- 
rison w^as taken. Here he was wounded a third time. Being 
no longer able to serve, he returned home. During his absence 
from the army he married a young lady of Cleveland. He re- 
turned to the army in 1864, when, on the ground of his eminent 
services and skill as an officer, and at the request of his division, 
he was promoted from the rank of a Major to that of Brigadier 
General. After the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, the more 
eifectively to cut oif the enemy's retreat, a portion of the army 
was put by General Grant under the command of General 
Read, at his own request. The enemy was met in overwhelm- 
ing numbers, and the battle was most strongly contested, and, 
just as victory was achieved, he fell, mortally wounded, and 
was buried on the ground where he shed his blood. General 
Read was the oldest son of Professor Daniel Read, of the 
University of Missouri, formerly Professor of Languages in 
Indiana University. 

[Condensed from a sketch by Hon. J. W. Foster.] 

Robert Louden Ruddick, born February 8, 1834, at Colum- 
bus, Indiana, died September 23, 1871, at Keokuk, Iowa. Ed- 
ucated at Columbus, Indiana. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
speculator, pork packer, iron merchant, cattle dealer and real 
estate broker. 

1855. 

David Demaree Banta, born May 23, 1833, in Johnson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Franklin, Indiana. Educated in 



210 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

the county schools and Franklin College. Entered Indiana 
University. Degrees, B. S. and, in 1887, LL.B. The honorary 
deo-ree of LL. D. was conferred by Franklin CoUeo^e in 1888. 
Occupation, in 1856, Principal of Monroe County Female 
Seminary ; since 1857, lawyer, District Attorney, Common Pleas 
Court, 1858-'60, Wd again from 1862-64; Division Revenue 
Assessor from 1865-68; County School Examiner, 1866-70 ; 
Trustee of Franklin Schools, 1868-70; Judge of the 16th 
Judicial Circuit, 1870-'76 ; Trustee of Indiana University, 
1877-'89 ; President of the Board of Trustees, 1882-'89 ; Dean 
of the Indiana University Law School since 1889; Vice-Presi- 
dent of Citizens' National Bank (Franklin) since 1889. Mar- 
ried Mrs. Melissa Elizabeth Perrin, June 16th, 1856. Judge 
Banta is the author of " History of Johnson County, Indiana," 
" The History of the Presbyterian Church of Franklin," 
" Making a Neighborhood," and of numerous papers and 
sketches published from time to time in the magazines and 
newspapers, relating chiefly to local historical and out-of-door 
subjects. The Department of Law, after thirteen years sus- 
pension, has been reopened, and Judge D. D. Banta chosen 
Dean and Ernest W. Huffcut, Professor. 

William Cyrus Barber, born December 11, 1830, in Madison, 
Indiana; died September 28, 1859, at Cincinnati. Educated at 
Madison schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Mr. Barber was 
an invalid nearly all the time from his graduation till his death. 
He was an enthusiast on the subject of education, and no 
doubt his close application to study and want of exercise 
hastened his death. 

Robert Brown Carnahan, born January 1, 1835, at Lafayette, 
Indiana; died at Lafayette, February 27, 1861. Educated at 
common schools of Lafayette. Occupation, was for some time 
Deputy County Treasurer. At the time of his death was a 
member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 

John A. Cartwright, born November 17, 1830, in North Jack- 
son, Ohio. Residence, Delphi, Indiana. Educated at Common 
schools and Mount A'ernon College. Degree, B. S. Occupation 
and position, teacher. Principal of Sugar Grove Institute for 
three years ; Superintendent of the Delphi public schools, three 
years ; County Examiner of Carroll County, three years ; Mayor 
of the city of Delphi for four years ; Auditor of Carroll County, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 211 

eiglit years ; President of the School Board for eight years ; 
Chairman of the Central Democratic Committee for twelve 
years ; at present (1883) manager of the Delphi Lime Company, 
and a successful agriculturist and stock raiser. 

John Watson Foster, born in Pike County, Indiana, 1836. 
Eesidence (1888), Washington, D. C. Educated in the Evans- 
ville schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Delivered the vale- 
dictory oration. Studied law at Harvard t^niversity. Occu- 
pation and position, attorney at law for a short time in 
Evansville. Entered the Union army in 1861 as Major of the 
Twenty-lifth Indiana Volunteers. Promoted to Lieutenant- 
Colonel after the battle of Fort Donelson, and to Colonel of 
the Sixty-fifth and One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Indiana 
Volunteers after the battle of Shiloh. Commanded a division 
of cavalry in the army of Ohio, in the Kentucky and Tennessee 
campaigns. Was the first to enter Knoxville after it was taken 
by the Union forces. Was mustered out at the expiration of 
service in 1864. Col. Foster was editor of the Evansville Jour- 
nal till 1869, when he was appointed postmaster of Evansville 
from 1869 to 1873. Was chairman of the Republican State 
Central Committee in the political campaign in 1872. Was ap- 
pointed by President Grant Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 
Plenipotentiary to Mexico in 1873. Remained in that mission 
till 1880, when he was promoted and transferred by President 
Hayes as Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, and was 
reaccredited as such by President Garfield in 1881. He was ap- 
pointed minister to Spain February, 1883. This, oflice he re- 
signed in 1885. On his return to Washington he resumed the 
practice of law. In addition to these civil oflices Col. Foster 
was chosen permanent Vice-President of the American Bible 
Society in 1880. He is also an honorary member of the Geo- 
graphical, Historical and Scientific Societies of Mexico and 
Russia, and a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. Col. 
Foster married Miss Mary Parke McFerson, daughter of Mrs. 
E. J. McFerson, then of Glendale, Ohio, in 1859. 

Mellville Craven Hester, born January 20, 1834, in Scott 
County, Indiana. Residence, Charlestown, Clark County, 
Indiana. Educated at Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, 
Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law. Prosecuting Attorney and Judge of Criminal 



212 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Circuit Court, by appointment of the Governor. Was a mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Robert Roberts Hitt, born January 16, 1834, in Urbana, 
Ohio. Residence, Washington, District Cohimbia, (1881.) 
Educated at Rock River Seminary and Indiana Asbury Uni- 
versity. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana University. Oc- 
cupation, literature, law, reporting, and diplomacy. Position, 
Secretary of Legation at Paris, Assistant Secretary of State. 

Aaron Lytle Jones, born in Shreve, Wayne County, Ohio. 
Residence, Valparaiso, Indiana. Educated at Valparaiso 
Schools. Degrees, B. S. Occupation and position, attorney at 
law. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 7th Indiana Caval- 
ry A^olunteers. 

John Chapman Miller, residence Nineveh, Indiana. De- 
grees, B. S. and A. B., and A. M. Bethany College, Virginia. 
Occupation, professor Northwestern Christian University, 
1870-76, director of, since 1879. Minister of Christian Church, 
Spencer, Indiana, 1865-67, and in Nineveh, 1867-70. Since 
1870 farmer. 

Robert I. Morrison, born Noveml^er 3, 1835, in Salem, 
Indiana. Residence, Knightstown, Indiana. Educated at 
Washington County Seminary. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and 
LL. B. Occupation, civil engineer. Position, Chairman 
United States Linear Surveys, and afterwards United States 
Deputy Surveyor in Minnesota Territory from April, 1861, to 
July 15. Cashier Indiana State Treasury 1865-1871. United 
States Assistant Engineer River Improvements, 1873 to 1877. 

Achilles Vawter Pendleton, born June 5, 1833, in Jennings 
County, Indiana. Residence, Nineveh, Indiana. Educated in 
the common schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation : 
The winter after graduation Mr. Pendleton taught school in 
Jennings County, and the next year he taught in Johnson 
County. He continued in this occupation till 1859. In the 
winter of 1859-60 he went to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and took 
charge of the l)ooks of a company then engaged in building a 
levee. Returning in the spring to his home, he again became 
a teacher. In early life he became a member, and afterwards 
a minister, of the Christian Church. In 1863 Mr. Pendleton 
was elected a member of the Legislature, and served during: 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 213 

the stormy session of that year. In 1874-76 he accepted the 
nomination for Congress, and became the candidate of the 
Oreenback party. In the latter years of his life Mr. Pendleton 
withdrew from politics, and engaged \vith great success in 
farming, himself and farm being models for the surrounding 
country. His education, and his experience in church and 
state have made him a prudent adviser in the community in 
which he lives. 

Mr. Pendleton, March 20, 1862, married Rebecca S. Forsythe. 

William Calvin Linton Taylor, born May 22, 1836, at La- 
fayette, Indiana. Residence, Lafayette, Indiana. Educated at 
Lafayette, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
practice of law. Positions, District Attorney, First Lieutenant, 
Oaptain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel in the 20th 
Indiana Volunteers. Colonel Taylor was engaged in the bat- 
tles of Ilatteras P)lutf ; in the engagement of the Merrimac, 
the Congress and Cumberland ; also in the battles of Orchards, 
Mechanicsville, Glendale, Malvern Hills, Harrison's Landing, 
Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburgh, Chancellorsville, Gettys- 
burg, Manassas Gap, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Kelly's Ford, 
the Wilderness, Spotts^dvania, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, 
Strawberry Plains and Siege of Petersburg; and in many 
skirmishes, reconnoisances and picket fights. Colonel Taylor 
participated in all the campaigns of Generals McClelland, Burn- 
side, Hooker, Mead and Grant, when these officers had com- 
mand of the Army of the Potomac. Was also in the rear 
guard in McClelland's retreat from Richmond, fighting almost 
constantly for seven days and nights, and also in the van of 
General Grant's advance to Petersburg and Richmond. Colonel 
Taylor is the author of a Treatise on Municipal Law. Mar- 
ried Miss Elizabeth McPheeters, of Bloomington, Indiana, 
daughter of Dr. J. G. McPheeters. 

1856. 

Henry Watkins Ballantine, born November 6, 1838, in 
Prince Edward County, Virginia. Residence, Bloomfield, New 
Jersey. Educated by his father. Entered the Junior Class of 
the University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. In the fall of 1856 
Mr. Ballantine took charge of the classes in Mathematics, 
awaiting the arrival of Dr. Kirkwood, Professor elect. Toward 

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214 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

the close of the year he entered the Union Theological Sem- 
inary, ISTew York City, and received therefrom the degree B. 
D. January 9, 1861, he was ordained by the Salem Presbytery 
(Indiana), minister of the gospel, as an evangelist. In 1862 he 
went as a Missionary of the American Board of Commission- 
ers of Foreign Missions to Bombay, India, and was employed 
there until 1865, when, on account of the ill health of his wife, 
he returned home. For some months he supplied the pulpit 
of the Baldwin Presbyterian Church, Terre Haute. Afterward 
he received an invitation to become pastor of the Presbyterian 
Church of Marietta, Ohio. This position he occupied from 
1865 to 1869. From this place he was called to the pastorate 
of the First Presbyterian Church, Bloomtield, New Jersey ► 
This position he still (1889) holds. In 1870 he was appointed 
■pro tem. Professor of Latin in Indiana University. Mr. Ballan- 
tine married Miss Mary Elizabeth Loomis, of Suffield, Con- 
necticut. 

Samuel Lybrand Binkley, born February 17, 1836, at Tarl- 
ton, Ohio. Died at his home, Barnes ville, Ohio, September 24, 
1887. Educated in high school, Tarlton, Ohio ; Mt. Pleasant, 
Kingston, Ohio ; Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teaching, the ministry and for- 
eign missionary work. Mr. Binkley, shortly after graduation, 
was Principal of the Methodist Episcopal Seminary, Blooming- 
ton. He was at the same time appointed class leader and a 
licensed exhorter. He then entered the Oarrett Biblical Insti- 
tute to prepare for mission work. After leaving the institute 
he labored in the Southeast Indiana Conference for six months 
in order to prepare himself practically for his work in the for- 
eign field. Mr. Binkley served in Moorefield, Poseyville and 
Patoka Circuits, and was, at his earnest desire, appointed mis- 
sionary to Fuchau, China. Shortly before sailing he was or- 
dained elder by Bishop Simpson. His work in China waa 
short, for just as he began to be able to use the native language 
he was compelled, through the serious illness of his wife, to 
return home; this was in March, 1864. Leaving this work, so 
auspiciously commenced, was regarded by Mr. Binkley as the 
hardest trial of his life. Returning to the Indiana Conference 
he served Robert's Chapel, IN'ew Albany, Mt. Vernon, Vin- 
cennes, the Centenary Church, New Albany, and Martinsville. 
In 1876 he was transferred to the East Ohio Conference. He 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 215 

was stationed at Kings ville, Ohio, Alliance, Ohio, and Prospect- 
street Church, Cleveland. After a short rest, on account of 
health, lie served in Sayhrook and afterward in Barnesville, 
Ohio, where he died. Rev. Mr. Binkley married Miss Eliza- 
beth R. Carter, of Bloomington, September 16, 1859. (Much 
of this sketch is from the " Memorial " of Mr. Binkley.) 

Madison Evans, born October 24, 1834, in Warrick County, 
Indiana. Died March 5, 1866. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and 
LL. B. Occupation, teacher and lawyer. Positions, tutor in 
Wisconsin State University; Principal of one of the New Al- 
bany schools ; Professor in the (then) ^Northwestern University, 
now Butler University ; after resigning this position he studied 
law. 

Joseph Sherburne Jenckes, born April 4, 1834, in Terre 
Haute, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis (1889). Educated 
at Vigo Collegiate Institute, Terre Haute. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M., and B. L. Cincinnati College, Honorary Degree, B. D., 
Kingan College, Ohio, and LL. D., Indiana University. Occupa- 
tion, for ten years a lawyer, since a clergyman. Position, in 1868 
member of the Episcopal general convention from Kentucky, 
and 1880 from Iowa. For thirteen months with Captain's pay, 
a Chaplain in the army. In 1879 Chaplain of the Iowa Legisla- 
ture. Professor of history and political economy in Griswold 
College, Iowa, and in the theological seminary of the same in- 
stitution, professor of ecclesiastical history, homiletics and sys- 
tematic divinity. In (1882) rector of St. John's church, Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, and in (1888) rector of Saint Paul's church, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. 

Richard Morris Johnson, born May 18, 1832, in Little 
Mounds, Warrick County. Residence, Hyde Park, Illinois. 
Educated at Little Mounds School. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, for nine years a teacher and school superintendent. 
Principal of Bedford School, afterward of Ladoga School, and 
professor of mathematics in New Albany Female College. 
For one year editor of a daily paper. For several years a 
manufacturer of chemical lire apparatus. Spent three sum- 
mers in Colorado, as correspondent of the Chicago Tribune^ 
and while there discovered and secured from the Government 
the Tomichi Hot Springs, the largest and probably the hottest 
in the world, and possessed of remarkable medical properties. 



216 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Mr. Johnston is a member of, and deacon in, the Christian 
Church. 

Thomas J. Wolfe, born January 25, 1832, in Sullivan 
County, Indiana. Residence, Merom, Indiana, Educated at 
the common schools of the county. Degrees, A. B. A. M. and 
LL. B. Occupation, a merchant and afterward a lawyer till 
1870, since that time attorney at law. Married Lucia R. Smith 
of Monroe Clounty, August, 1859. 

Hiram Allen, Jr. A. B. and A. M. Delphi. Lawyer. 

James M. Broavn. B. S. Nebraska. Lawyer. 

Stephen Girard Burton, born January 22, 1835, in Perry- 
ville, Kentucky. Residence, Lebanon, Kentucky. Educated, 
for three years, at Indiana Asbury University. Degrees, A. B., 
A. M. and LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation, lawyer, 
politician, minister. Position, deacon in Protestant Episcopal 
Church for six years, and then resumed the practice of law. 
A member of the Indiana Legislature for four years. Centen- 
nial orator, July 4, 1876, at San Antonio, Texas. The address 
was published by the committee. 

James M. Clark. A. B. and A. M. Minister. Demorest- 
ville, Canada AVest. 

Hiram Wilbur Cloud, born September 7, 1833, in Hender- 
son, Kentucky. DiedMay 5, 1875, atEvansville. Educated at 
Asbury University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana Uni- 
versity, and from Louisville Medical College, M. D. Occupation, 
chemist and druggist. Position, Trustee of Indiana University ; 
President of Henry Female College, New Castle, Kentucky; 
President, Secretary and Treasurer of School Board at Evans- 
ville, at different periods, for ten years. Married Miss Sarah 
M. Akin, of Bloomington, in 1859. 

Alfred E. Graham, born November 22, 1837, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated in Bloom- 
ington public schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, banker. 
AVas clerk in Pay Department of United States Army. 

George Washington Lee, born February 5, 1832, at Bloom- 
ington, Indiana. Residence, Greencastle, Indiana. Educated 
in public and private schools of Putnam County, and at Indi- 
ana Asbury University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana 
University. Occupation, teaching. Positions, School Exam- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 217 

iner of Clark Couuty for seven years ; Superintendent of Green- 
castle City Schools for nine years ; Principal of Academy for 
Males in Newcastle, Kentucky, and Principal of Charleston 
Public Schools for ten years; Superintendent of Bloomington 
Public Schools for two years. Mr. Lee married Miss Isabel M. 
Cole, December 15, 1859. 

Augustus Davis Lynch, born September ^, 1835, at George- 
town, Ohio. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated, till 
through the Junior Year, at Asbury University. Degrees, 
A. B., A. M. and LL. B., from Indiana University. Occupa- 
tion, teacher, student of law, banker. Positions, Principal 
of Bloomington M. E. Female College ; Professor of Mathe- 
matics in Brookville College, and afterwards President ; Sup- 
'erintendent of Shelbyville Public Schools ; Cashier for ten 
years of First National Bank, Shelbyville; in 1876 appointed 
National Bank Examiner for Indiana; resigned in 1881 to ac- 
cept the Presidency of the First National Bank, Indianapolis. 
Enlisted in the 68th Indiana Regiment in 1862. Author of 
addresses on education and on financial topics. Married Miss 
Laura V. Hitt, August 20, 1861. 

Hamilton Samuel McRea was born January 4, 1833, New 
Middleton, Indiana ; died April 26, 1887, Marion, Indiana. Was 
educated at Corydon public schools, and at Friendship Semi- 
nary. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teacher and law- 
yer. Was district prosecutor. In 1861 was a member of the 
Legislature. This position he resigned to enter the army; en- 
tered as a private, was mustered out as a Captain in 1865. At 
A^evay was School Superintendent and also Township Trustee ; 
School Superintendent also at Muncie. Captain McRea fought 
at Richmond August 30, 1862 ; Collinsville, Tennessee, October 
11, 1863; Snake Creek Gap, Georgia, May 10, 1864, and at Re- 
saca, Georgia, May 27, 1864, where he was wounded. In 1883 
was elected Superintedent of the Marion schools, which posi- 
tion he held till his death. Married Miss Montgomery. Mrs. 
McRae was associated with her husband in Muncie as teacher 
in the graded schools. She is at present a teacher in Purdue 
University. 

Uriah Mullikin, born February 5, 1836, Williamsburg, Indi- 
ana, Residence, Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in part at Franklin College. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, merchant and farmer. 



218 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



John Dodds Pering, born November 27, 1835, Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Clay Centre, Kansas. Educated at Bloom- 
ington. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, student of 
theology, Princeton Seminary, and at the Presbyterian Theo- 
logical Seminary of the Northwest at Chicago. Minister of 
the gospel and agent for Presbyterian Board of Publication. 
Position, tutor of Hebrew in Chicago Theological Seminary. 
Ordained to the ministry October 23, 1862. Pastor at Foreston, 
Iowa, and stated supply in various places in Iowa, Indiana and 
Kansas. Now (1888) stated supply Oak Hill Church. 

David Almoro Robertson, born September 7, 1834, in Paris, 
Ind. Residence, Hartsville, Indiana. Educated in part at In- 
diana Asbury University. Degree, B. S., Indiana University. 
Occupation, teacher for two years. Afterward a minister in' 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. A member of the Southeast 
Indiana Conference. Entered the ministr}^ at Columbus, Indi- 
ana. Served during the war in the United States Christian 
Commission. Married Miss R. H. Maxwell, of Moore's Hill, 
Indiana, August 8, 1861. 

Wilbur Fisk Stone, born December 28, 1832, in Litchfield, 
Connecticut. Residence, Denver, Colorado. Educated in pub- 
lic schools of several States; two years in Rushville Academy, 
Indiana ; tour years in Asbury University. Degrees, A. B., 
A.M. and LL. B. (Indiana University). Occupation, editor 
and lawyer. Positions, several times member of the Colorado 
Legislature; four years Assistant United States Attorney; 
President for four years of Public School Board ; member of 
Constitutional Convention of Colorado, 1876; Judge of the 
Supreme Court of Colorado ; Ecclesiastical Chancellor of the 
Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. Judge Stone was one of 
the early Pike's Peak pioneers, and a frequent contributor to 
the Colorado press and author of many literary addresses. As 
an early settler. Judge Stone has had many adventures and 
battles with the Indians in Colorado and Montana from 1860 
to 1865. Judge Stone married Miss S. Saddler, of Blooming- 
ton, Indiana. 

Samuel M. Thomas. A. B. and A. M. Delphi. Physician. 

Stephen Thrasher, born February 24, 1833, in Pendleton 
County, Kentucky. Residence, Port Gibson, Mississippi. Ed- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 219 

ucated in public schools, Shelbyville, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. 
and A. M. Occupation and position, attorney-at-law ; Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel in Confederate army during the Civil War ; served 
in Virginia ; was engaged in twenty-three battles and was 
several times wounded. 

Joshua Howe Watts. Residence, White Oaks, New Mexico. 
Educated in Bloomington schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and positions, mining engineer and United States 
Mineral Surveyor; Lieutenant-Colonel during the war; Adju- 
tant General of the Territory under Governor Lew Wallace. 

George C. Wilson. A. B. and A. M. Owensboro, Ken- 
tucky. Teacher. 

Jacob Vance Wolfe, born October 7, 1833, in Merom,. Indi- 
ana. Residence, Lincoln, I^ebraska. Educated at the public 
schools of Sullivan County. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. 
Occupation and position, lawyer, teacher, editor, farmer and 
legislator ; a teacher at Glendale Female College, Ohio ; President 
of the Major Female College, Bloomington, Illinois; Principal 
of Gosport high school. Mr. Wolfe married Eliza Ellen Bat- 
terton, of Bloomington. 

1858. 

Joseph Barrett Atkinson, died November, 1862. Educated 
in schools of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and at Indiana Asbury 
University. Degree, B. S., Indiana University. Lieutenant In- 
diana Infantry, 1861-2. Attorney at law, Greentield, Ind. Was 
wounded at the battle of Hatchie, and died from the wound. 

Caswell Riddle Burton, born, 1831, in Lawrence County, 
Indiana. Died September, 1862, at Woodsonville, Kentucky. 
Educated at Harts ville. Degree, B. S., and M. D. at Michigan 
University, 1861. Occupation, practice of medicine. Position, 
Lieutenant of Co. G, 50th Indiana Volunteers. Fell mortally 
wounded at Woodsonville, Kentucky. 

John S. Carter, born June 15, 1837, in Bloomington, Indiana. 
Residence, Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas. Educated at 
public schools of Monroe County. Degree, B.S. Occupation and 
position, farmer and stock raiser ; deacon in the Baptist Church. 

David S. Chambers, born March 19, 1836, Philomath, Union 
County, Indiana. Residence, New Castle, Indiana. Educated, 



220 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

New Castle Academy. Degrees A. B.and A. M. Occupation, 
study and practice of law. Position, Captain in Union Army, 
36tli Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. Two terms, from 1864-68, 
member of the Legislature of Indiana. Prosecuting Attorney 
of Circuit Court for five years. Elder in Presbyterian Church. 
Was wounded in the head at the battle of Shiloh, and also 
wounded in the shoulder at the battle of Chickamauga. 
Engaged in battles of Stone River, Lookout Mountain and in 
the battles of Sherman's March, from Chattanooga to Atlanta, 
Georgia. In 1876 Democratic-Greenback nominee for Con- 
gress, and in 1880 Democratic elector on the Hancock and 
English ticket. 

Francis Riley Dorman, born March 22, 1834, in Manchester, 
Indiana. Residence, Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Educated at 
common schools and Indiana Asbury University. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M., Indiana University. Occupation, teacher, farmer, 
and merchant. Position, twice elected Sheriff of Dearborn 
County, Township Trustee and Member of School Board. 
Trustee of Lawrenceburg City Schools. President of Lawrence- 
burg Lecture Assembly. Married Miss Geneva Jordan, March 
25, 1865. 

Noah S. Given, born September 30, 1833, in Dearborn 
County, Indiana. Residence, Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at common schools and at Franklin College, three years. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. and LL. B., Indiana University, in 1859. 
Occupation, lawj'er. Position, Prosecuting Attorney. Repre- 
sentative inthe State Legislature in 1863 and 1873, and also Sen- 
ator in 1875. Elected Judge of 7th Judicial District in 1878. 
County Examiner and School Trustee of the city of Lawrence- 
burg for five years. Judge Given married Miss Mary Martin. 

LuciEN Greathouse, born June 7, 1842, at Carlinville, Illinois, 
died July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia. Educated in the 
common schools of Kentucky and Illinois. In 1855 entered 
McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, and Indiana University 
at the age of fifteen. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation 
and position, studied law, but before entering on the practice 
of his profession he enlisted in the three months' service, on 
the first call made for men to put down the rebellion. He was 
chosen Captain of his company. In the volunteer service he 
rose from the ranks to the position of Brigadier General. 
General Greathouse was distinguished for his bravery. It was 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. ^^21 

said of him he never said " go," but " follow," always leading 
his men to the front. He was engaged in forty pitched battles, 
and always stood among the foremost for his courage and 
daring. He lost his life in the storming of a rebel stronghold 
near Atlanta, in one of the last campaigns of the war, July 22, 
1864. General Sherman, in one of his official reports, said: 
" Where all have been so brave it seems invidious to mention 
one name, but we must speak of Colonel Lucien Greathouse. 
He is the bravest of the brave," He was buried with military 
honors. His remains repose in the cemetery of Vandalia. A 
beautiful monument, erected by the officers and men of his 
regiment, marks tlie place. 

Samuel James Kahler, born January 20, 1834, in Center 
County, Pennsylvania. Residence, Fresno, Fresno County, 
California. Educated, two years, at Franklin College, Indiana. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana University. Occupation and 
position. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science, for 
three years, at Moore's Hill College. Professor Kahler entered 
the North West Indiana Conference in 1862. In 1870 he was 
transferred to Kansas, and in 1883 to California, where he en- 
gaged in itinerant work in the conferences there. In 1873 he 
was elected and served as Representative of Dickinson County, 
Kansas. He served also as County Commissioner. 

James L. Mitchell, born, 1834, in Shelby County, Kentucky. 
Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at Bloomington, Indiana. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, lawyer. In the army 
during the war. Position, Adjutant 70th Regiment, Indiana 
Volunteers; Mayor of Indianapolis, 1873; Alumni orator In- 
diana University, 1860; served in the Department of the Cum- 
berland under General George H. Thomas; with General 
Sherman's army in the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, 
and afterwards on the staff of General Lovel H. Rousseau. 

Robert Campbell McKinney, born December 7, 1832, in Li- 
vonia, Indiana. Residence, Fort Bragg, California. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, student of Theology and grad- 
uate of Princeton, New Jersey Theological Seminary ; minister 
of the gospel. Position, pastor Brownstown congregation, 
1874-78; stated supply at Hebron, Livonia, Orleans, and at 
Norton, Kansas; now (1888) Home Missionary at Fort Bragg, 
California. 



222 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

William Tell Moffet, born July 27, 1837, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Morning Sun, Iowa. Educated at public 
schools. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, the ministry. 
Position, Clerk of United Presbyterian Synod of Illinois, nine 
years ; Superintendent of the United Presbyterian Board of 
Missions ; member of Monmouth College Senate for eighteen 
years. 

Alexander Downing Lemon, born August 17, 1834, in Law- 
rence County, Indiana. Residence, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 
Arizona. Educated at district schools, Monroe County. De- 
grees, B. S. and LL. B. Occupation, attorney and counselor at 
law. Position, Superintendent of public schools ; District At- 
torney ; member of Legislature, and Presidential Elector. 
Author of an address on the " Political Issues of the Day," 
published in 1868; "Facts for the People," 1872; "Influence 
of Popular Education," 1874; centennial oration, published 
by the citizens of San Diego County, California, July 4, 1876 ; 
funeral oration on the death of Garfield, delivered September 
4, 1881, in Phcenix, Arizona, and published by request. 

William M. Springer, born May 30, 1836, Sullivan County, 
Indiana. Residence, Springfield, Illinois. Educated, Illinois 
College, Jacksonville and Indiana Asbury University, Green- 
castle. Entered the Junior Class of Indiana University, and 
received therefrom the degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
student of law and lawyer. Position, Secretary of State Con- 
stitutional Convention of Illinois, 1862. Member of State 
Legislature of Illinois in 1871-2. Was elected to Forty-fourth, 
Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congress, and was re-elected to the 
Forty-seventh Congress by a majority of 1,058 over two oppos- 
ing candidates. Contributed an article on " Postal Telegraphs " 
in North American Review May, 1881. Mr. Springer is regarded 
as one of the ablest parliamentarians in the country. 

1859. 

Charles M. Campbell, born March 10, 1842, Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Boulder, Colorado. Educated, Bloom- 
ington, at home by his father. Prof. M. M. Campbell. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, student of theology and a grad- 
uate of Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Penn- 
sylvania, 1864, and minister of the gospel. Position, pastor 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 223 

and stated supply at Valmont and Denver. County Superin- 
tendent of the schools of Boulder County and of the State of 
Colorado. Served as Justice of the Peace. High Private in 
the United States Marine Corps. Chairman of Republican 
County Central Committee of Boulder County, Colorado. 
Tutor in Indiana University 1859-60. 

John A. Conwell, residence, Aurora, Indiana. Degree, B. S. 
From Cincinnati College, LL. B. Occupation, lawyer. Posi- 
tion, Clerk of Circuit Court of Dearborn County. On the edi- 
torial stati" of the Cinciyinati Daily Cornmercial. 

James Whitcomb Gorman, born July 10, 1839, in Blooming- 
ton, Indiana. Died February 19, 1863, at the Bates House, 
Indianapolis. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Educated in private 
schools in St. Paul, Minnesota. Occupation, attorney and coun- 
selor at law. Position, entered the army in August, 1862 ; As- 
sistant Adjutant General (rank and commission as Captain) on 
the staif of General Gorman. Was in the battles of Antie- 
tam. South Mountain and at the capture of Duval's Bluff, 
Arkansas, in 1863. 

John A. Mullaney, B. S., San Francisco, California. Teacher. 

William E. Sweeny, born August 6, 1837, in Bucyrus, Ohio. 
Residence, Hebron, Indiana (1883). Educated at home. De- 
gree, B. S. Occupation, civil engineer, farmer and merchant. 
A contributor of many articles, on various topics, to the jour- 
nals. 

Thomas Diggs Tharpe, born 1835, in Marion, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Marion, Indiana. Educated at Marion Academy and 
common schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and 
position, studied law, but did not continue in the practice ; 
recently (1882) engaged in school work, superintending the 
schools in Marion ; a minister in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, of the Northern Indiana Conference ; in 1885 was pas- 
tor of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne; had 
for a time charge of an academy, also of a normal school. 
Served in the army, on Staff" Brigade. In this service, through 
loss of health, became incapacitated for hard work. At pres- 
ent (1883) comparatively well, and, when able, engaged in 
literary and religious work. 



224 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 



1860. 

George Francis Adye, born March 11, 1837, at Jamestown, 
New York. Came with the family to Indiana in 1839. Resi- 
dence, l!^ewtonville, Indiana. Educated in the common schools 
of Spencer County, though principally self taught, commenc- 
ing his preparation for the University when about seventeen 
years old. Degrees, B. S. and M. D., from the Cincinnati Med- 
ical College, in 1865, and also from the Eclectic Medical Insti- 
tute, Cincinnati, in 1870. Occupation, teaching, and study ot 
medicine, under Dr. Willard Gage, and the practice of medi- 
cipe and surgery. Position, School Director, and County Ex- 
aminer in JSTewtonville ; First Lieutenant of Home Guards 
during the Morgan raid. When a student of Indiana Univers- 
ity Dr. Adye became a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. He after leaving the University became a Baptist. 
He was the author of many articles for the press advocating 
temperance, female suffrage and Republicanism. 

Dr. Adye was called out during the " Morgan raid," and was 
in the battle of Painter's Creek, near Owensboro, Kentucky, a 
battle fought and gained by the Home Guards. 

Dr. Adye married Miss Elizabeth Dugan, Fubruary 26, 1861. 

David Enoch Beem, born June 24, 1837, at Spencer. Resi- 
dence, Spencer, Indiana. Educated in tho common county 
schools. Degrees, B. S. in 1858, A. B. in 1860 and A. M. in 
1863. Occupation, lawyer and banker. Position, Captain, 
Co. H., 14th Indiana Volunteers, from 1861 to 1864. During 
the Rebellion, served with the Army of the Potomac. Partici- 
pated in the battles of Winchester, Antietam, Fredericksburg, 
Chaucellorsville, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, and in other minor 
engagements. 

Jacob S. Broadwell, born August 14, 1840, at Cincinnati, 
Ohio; died at Bloomington, March 29, 1869. Entered the 
Freshman Class in 1856, a student from Oxford, Indiana. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, lawyer. Was Prosecuting 
Attorney of a Judicial Circuit of Indiana. Mr. Broadwell 
married Miss Alice S. Buskirk, of Bloomington, February 16, 
1863. 

James Couch Elliott, born January 6, 1830, in Sparta, Illi- 
nois. Residence, Swanwick, Perry County, Illinois. Educated, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 225 

Union Academy, Sparta, Illinois. Degrees, A. B. and A, M. 
Occupation, for three years student of theology. Position, 
minister of the gospel. Pastor of the United Presbyterian 
Church in Wyoming, Wisconsin, from 1863 to '68. In 1868 
pastor of congregation in Swanwick, Illinois. Was clerk of 
Presbytery of Wisconsin, and also of Illinois. Member of 
the Board of Directors of Monmouth College, from 1871 to 
1876, and also of the United Presbyterian Theological Semin- 
ary, Momouth, Illinois, from 1865 and 1868; and of Xenia, 
Ohio, from 1875 to '79. Mv. Elliott has ready for the pub- 
lishers, a history of the United Presbyterian Presbytery of 
Southern Illinois. (1882). 

Harrison Hight, born 1841, in Bloomington. Residence, 
Spencer, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
teaching and preaching. Position, Elder in the Christian 
Church. 

Edwin Ruth yen Hatfield, born September 2, 1837, Ne^v- 
to^vn, Ohio. Died at Evansville, Indiana. Educated at com- 
mon schools. Perry County, Indiana. Degrees, B. S. (1858), 
A. B. (1860), A. M. (1863). Occupation, attorney at la^v. 
Position, Prosecuting Attorney of the Second Judicial Circuit 
of Indiana, from October, 1872, to October, 1876. Both Mr. 
Beem and Mr. Hatfield after passing through the Scientific 
Department, remained two years longer and received the de- 
gree A. B. 

Levi Smith Johnson, born 1837, in Spencer, Indiana. Died 
April 13, 1882. Educated at the Spencer common schools. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, attorney at law. 
Served three years in the army during the Rebellion, was First 
Lieutenant, Company F, 71st Indiana Volunteers. Was en- 
gaged in all the marches and battles with his command, during 
his connection with the army. 

John Milton McCoy, Residence, Dallas, Texas. Degrees, A, 
B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law, practiced 
some years in Bloomington, and afterward in Dallas, where he 
held the office of City Attorney. Married Miss Laura Hender- 
son of Bloomington. 

Harrison McNeil, residence, Indianola, Iowa. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, lawyer. 



226 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

James Franklin Roberson, born September 9, 1836, in Craw- 
ford County, Indiana ; died December 11, 1862, at Grautsbnrg, 
Indiana. Educated in the common schools of Crawford 
County. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teaching. Teacher in 
public schools of Paoli ; also in Leavenworth, where he was 
taken by the disease of which he died. Mr. Roberson was dis- 
tinguished while at the University by his mathematical talents, 
and was a contributor to the mathematical journals, and solved 
several problems for which prizes were given. In religion, a 
member of the Presbyterian Church, 

Robert Kennedy Smith, born November 12, 1839, at Ver- 
sailles, Indiana ; died at Chaplin Hills, Kentucky, October 8^ 
1862. Educated in the common schools of Versailles, Indiana. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position : After graduation 
engaged in the drug business; in the spring of 1861 entered 
the army as Lieutenant of the 22d Infantry ; was made Captain 
of the company, and soon after was killed at the battle of 
Chaplin Hills. 

John Hemphill Wilson, born February 11, 1836, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Monmouth, Illinois. Educated 
in Monroe County schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occu- 
pation and position. Professor of Latin in Monmouth College, 
1861-64; of Mathematics, 1864-76, and of Greek since 1876. 

William Benton Wolf, born February 4, 1838, at Merom, 
Sullivan County, Indiana. Residence, Oaktown, Knox County, 
Indiana. Educated in the district schools of Sullivan County, 
and L^niversity Model School, Monroe County. Degrees, A. B. 
and A. M. and LL. B. Occupation, merchant for twelve years 
and farming since. 

1861. 

John D. Alexander, born February 6, 1839, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomiield, Indiana. Educated at the 
common schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
taught school for one year. Went into the army in 1862, where 
he served three years. He then attended the law school of 
Michigan LTniversity (winter of 1865-66) ; since that time an 
attorney at law. In September, 1880, was elected a ruling elder 
in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In the fall of 1886 
was chosen by the Synod a Trustee of Lincoln University, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 227 

Illinois. Ill the same year was elected Representative of 
Oreene County to the State Legislature. From 1881 to 1885 
was Prosecuting Attorney of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth 
Judicial Circuits. Served in the War of the Rebellion from 
1862 to 1865. Was Captain of Co. D, 97th Regiment of Indi- 
ana Infantry Volunteers. Was engaged in the battles at Vicks- 
burg, Resaca, Dallas, Big Shanty, New Hope Church, Lost 
Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Griswoldville, Savannah, Co- 
lumbia and Bentonville. April, 1865, was appointed by Gen- 
eral Logan, Acting Assistant Inspector General of Second 
Brigade, First Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, on the staif of 
General Robert F. Catterson. Was married December 8, 1886, 
to Miss Mary M. Rogers, of Bloomington, Indiana. 

Henry C. Barton. B. S. Louisville. Student of law. 

Hanford Benedict, born June 26, 1837, in Sullivan County, 
New York. Residence, Springport, Indiana. Degrees, B. S., 
and M. D. from Michigan Universit3\ Occupation, physician 
and druggist. 

Samuel Wylie Dodds, born May 22, 1841, in Corydon, In- 
diana ; died November 7, 1861, in St. Louis. Educated in 
Bloomington. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, en- 
listed in the Union Army soon after graduation. Eighteenth 
Regiment, Company H. Went with his company to join Gen. 
Fremont's army in Missouri. Was sent to take care of a dying 
comrade, R. D. Wylie ; was taken sick himself, and died in 
hospital at St. Louis. Mr. Dodds was a member of the Pres- 
byterian Church by baptism and profession of faith, and a 
young man of more than ordinaiy talents. 

Robert S. Edgar. Residence, Coultersville, Illinois. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M., M. I)., Rush Medical College, Chicago, 
Illinois, 1870. Occupation, physician. Married Miss Jane 
Alexander, of Bloomington. 

Samuel A. Emison. B. S. Indianapolis. Lawyer. 

Simeon Green, born March 13, 1836, in Harrison County, 
Indiana. Residence, Paoli, Indiana. Educated in the common 
schools and academy, Corydon, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Occu- 
pation, teacher, agriculturist, surveyor, architect and builder. 
Position, elder in the Paoli Presbyterian Church. 



228 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Burton Graem IIanna, born November 17, 1840, in Bowling^ 
Green, Indiana. Residence, Slielbnrn, Sullivan County, In- 
diana. Educated in graded schools of Terre Haute ; one year 
at Wabash College, Crawfordsville. Degress, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupations, teaching, farming, engineering and law. Posi- 
tions, Prosecuting Attorney in Fourteenth and Twenty-first 
Judicial Circuits ; deacon in Christian Church. Mr. Hanna 
was shipwrecked on steamship " Golden Rule," on return from 
California, near Greytown, in the spring of 1865. 

Samuel Jabez Kirkwood, born January 29, 1840, Monroe 
County, Ohio. Residence, Wooster, Ohio. Educated in the 
public schools, Woodsfield, Ohio, and at Miller's Academy, 
Washington, Ohio, and one term in Washington College, Penn- 
sylvania. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana University ; Ph. 
D. Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and LL. D. Col- 
umbian University, Washington, D. C. Occupation, teaching. 
Position, Superintendent of the public schools, Cambridge, 
Ohio ; also at Bucyrus, Ohio, and Tiffin, Ohio. Professor of 
mathematics, Wooster, Ohio. Dr. Kirkwood has lately (May, 
1887) been called to the presidency of Cole College, Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa. 

Henry Clay Legg, degree, A. B. Needmore, Brown County. 
Occupation, farmer. 

Byford Ernest Long, residence, Brownstown, Indiana. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, lawyer. Position, Cap- 
tain Sixty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteers during the 
rebellion. 

John Henry Louden, born November 24, 1885, in Louden 
County, Pennsylvania. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. 
Educated at Dunlapville, Indiana. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and 
LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. Married Miss Lizzie 
Hemphill March 18, 1863. 

Richard M. Johnston Miller, residence, Princeton, Indiana. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation, lawyer. Position, enlisted in 1862. 
Served through the war. Mustered out Captain Company B, 
Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteers. County Clerk Gibson County 
for five 3^ears. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 229 

James Silvester JSTutt, born February 18, 1839, Greencastle, 
Indiana. Residence, Greencastle, Indiana. Educated at White- 
water College, Centreville, Indiana, and at Indiana Asbury 
University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. (Indiana University.) 
Occupation and position, Principal of Third Ward School, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. Superintendent Public Schools Rising 
Sun, Indiana, and attorney at law. 

John Chalmers Orchard, born November 3, 1840, in 
Bloomington, Indiana. Died June 26, 1881, Bloomington. 
Educated at Bloomington. Degrees, A. B. A. M. and LL. B. 
Occupation, student of law and merchant. Position, Trustee 
of the Public School and Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Bloomington. Sergeant-Major Indiana Volunteers. 

John Roberts, born November 14, 1838, in Pittsburg, Penn- 
slyvania. Residence, Chicago. Educated at High School, 
Madison, Indiana. Degrees, A. B,, and A. M. Occupation, 
lawyer. Position, Prosecuting Attorney Fifth Judicial Dis- 
trict Indiana. Corporation Counsel of Madison, Indiana. 
Delivered the oration at the B 11 Convention, Indianapolis. 
In 1876 and '77 was in the lecture field. lu 1887 addressed the 
Alumni Association of Indiana University. In 1875 traveled 
extensively in Europe. Mr. Roberts was Journal Clerk of the 
Indiana Legislature in the session of 1870-71. December 27, 
1877, Mr. Roberts married Miss Lou B. Keuthav. 

John Cruden Robinson, born February 29, 1840, in Rush 
County, Indiana. Residence, Spencer, Indiana. Prepared 
for college in Fayetteville Academy, under Professor Thrasher, 
now of Butler University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occu- 
pation, teacher, farmer and lawyer. Position, elected Judge 
1876. District Attorney 1866. Prosecuting Attorney 1^68 and 
1870. 

BenjAxMIN Franklin Rogers, born March 31, 1840, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Rich Pond Grove, Warren 
County, Kentucky. Educated at the public school. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teaching and preaching. Posi- 
tion, Principal and Proprietor of Rich Pond Academy. Elder 
in Christian Church. 

JaxMES Henry Rogers, born 1838, in Bloomington, Indiana. 
Died at Bloomington. Educated at district school. Degrees, 

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230 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

A. B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer. 
Prosecuting Attorney. County School Superintendent. 

John Watts, A. B. and A. M. Lawyer, Santa Fe. 

John W. Welch, born April 2, 1832, at Edgar County, Illi- 
nois. Residence, Hindsboro, Illinois. Educated, Paris Semin- 
ary, Paris, Illinois. Occupation, a teacher, afterwards a dealer 
in cattle. Position, member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church and an earnest believer in the doctrines of Evangelical 
religion. 

Thomas W. Zook, B. S., Waynetown, Indiana. Mr. Zook 
was killed in battle. 

1862. 

Xapoleon Bonaparte Arnold, born September 18, 1840, in 
Columbus, Indiana. Residence, Topeka, Kansas. Educated 
at Bloomington. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupa- 
tion, lawyer. 

Henry Bunger, born October 13, 1838, in Bloomington, In- 
diana ; died December 16, 1862, in Bloomington. Educated at 
Monroe County district school. Degree, B. S. Occupation, 
studied law for a short time, and then entered the army as 
private in Captain Wylie's company, 82d Regiment, Indiana 
Volunteers. Was appointed company clerk. Secretary of 
Sabbath School in Walnut Street, Presb}i:erian Church. Was 
engaged in battle at Perrvville. Before leaving for the field a 
flag was presented to the company, through Dr. Xutt. Mr. 
Bunger was selected to receive and respond to his address. 

Daniel Bridge. A. B. and A. M. Minister. Sidney, Ohio. 

James Melville Faris, born April 14, 1840, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Coultersville, Illinois. Educated at Bloom- 
ington public school. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
preaching, performing military duty and teaching. Position, 
pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian congregation at Tops- 
ham, Vermont : pastor of Reformed Presbyterian congrega- 
tion. Church Hill. Illinois; private in 117th Regiment, Indiana 
Volunteers ; teacher in Union Academy, Dayton, Pennsylvania. 

XoAH Monroe Givan, born December 1, 1840, in Dearborn 
County. Indiana. Residence, Harrisonville, Missouri. Edu- 
cated at Manchester Academy and Franklin College. Entering 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 231 

Indiana University Senior Class received the degrees A. B. 
and A. M. in course. Occupation, Principal of Lawrenceburg 
graded schools the tirst year after graduation ; Deputy County 
Treasurer the next two years. In 1864-5, editor of the i«w;- 
rencehurg Register, and in 1867-8, editor of the Harrisontnlle 
Herald, Missouri. Was admitted to the bar at Lawrenceburg, 
Indiana, May 19, 1863. He was School Examiner in 1866, 
which position he resigned and removed to Missouri. In 1877 
was elected Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Missouri. 
In 1880, reelected to the same position, which he still (1886) 
holds. In 1878 he was elected Grand Master of Masons of 
Missouri ; afterward was elected and served as Grand High 
Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Missouri from 1878 
to 1880. Judge Givan married Lizzie C. Jackson, August 7, 
1862. 

John Hood, born November 17, 1838, in Washington County, 
Illinois. Residence, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Educated at Sparta, 
Illinois. Occupation and position, teacher and preacher ; pas- 
tor of a Presbyterian congregation in Sparta. In 1878 Rev. 
Mr. Hood accepted a call to the Second. Presbyterian Church 
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; during the war, was Captain of a 
company ; was in several engagements ; was held a prisoner 
by the rebels for twenty-two months ; resigned his pastorate 
in 1875, and became an agent of the Bible Society. Mr. Hood 
married Miss Mary Gault, of Sparta, April 24, 1871, who died 
July 24, 1886, leaving three daughters. 

Howard C. LaForce, born in 1842, at Bedford, Indiana. 
Residence, Bedford. Educated in Bedford schools. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M., and M, D. from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia. Occupation, physician and surgeon. Position, 
surgeon in the 179th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers. Was at the 
battle of Nashville, and in several minor engagements. 

Leonard Woods McCord, B. S., lawyer, Indianapolis. 

Hugh Dunn McMullen, born December 11, 1836, at Man- 
chester, Indiana. Residence,- Aurora, Indiana. Educated at 
Indiana Asbury University. Degree, B. S. (Indiana Univers- 
ity). Occupation and position, practice of law, and politics; 
Prosecuting Attorney one term ; State Legislature one term ; 
was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, in 1883, in the 



232 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 

Legislature ; whs nominee of the Democratic Convention of 
18b6 for Attorney General. 

Henry H. Mathias, born January 30, 1838, at Jackson, Lou- 
isiana. Residence, Greencastle. Educated in part at Indiana 
Asbury University. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. One of the 
Professors of Law in DePauw ITniversity, 1881. Served three 
years in the War of the Rebellion in the 71st Regiment, Indi- 
ana Volunteers. 

James V. Mitchell, l)orn October 15, 1842, in Martinsville. 
Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated at Indiana Uni- 
versity Preparatory, 1857-58; Northwest^ern Christian Univer- 
sity, 1858-59. In August, 1859, St. Mary's of the West, a 
Roman Catholic college, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained 
five weeks." Returned to the Northwestern Christian Univer- 
sity and continued there a short time. In 1860 returned to 
Indiana University, where he remained till the breaking out of 
the war in 18(31. When the first call for troops for three 
months" service was made, Mr. Mitchell enlisted in Company K, 
Seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. Col. Eb. Dumont had 
the command. The regiment was ordered to West Virginia. 
At the expiration of the term of service Mr. Mitchell, in Au- 
gust, 1861, returned to the Ilidiana University; in September, 
1861, degree B. S.. Occupation, studied law in the office of 
Lucien Barbour and J. D. Howland. In August, 1863, com- 
menced the practice of law in Martinsville, and was admitted 
to the bar September, 1863. In 1868 was elected Representa- 
tive of Morgan County. Mr. Mitchell, supposing that the means 
used for ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the United 
States Constitution was forced by the Republicans, during the 
absence of a quorum, as nearly all the Democratic mem- 
bers had resigned, he withdrew from the party, regarding 
this as an act of usiirpation, and as he was the only Re- 
publican who refused to endorse this action, he was ostra- 
cised. The next General Assembly, in 1871, being Demo- 
cratic, he was elected to succeed General Robert Milroy as 
Trustee on the part of tlie State of the Wabash and Erie 
Canal. This office Mr. Mitchell held three years. In 1872 the 
Republicans gained the ascendancy in the State Legislature, 
and elected James S. Ilinton,a colored politician of Indianapo- 
lis, to succeed him as Canal Trustee. " Verily," as Mr. Mitchell 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 233 

remarks, "the wheels go round." In 1871-72 Mr. Mitchell 
was part owner and editor of the Morgan County Gazette, and 
advocated the election of Horace Greely for President of the 
United States. Mr. Mitchell was twice married ; first to Miss 
Ada Draper, July, 1863, at Bloomington, who died in Califor- 
nia, November, 1869, wliither she had been removed for health ; 
second, to Mrs. E. F. Lawson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, July, 1872. 

John Henry O'Neall, born October 30, 1837, in ISTewburg, 
South Carolina. Residence, Washington, Indiana. Educated 
in county schools of Grreene and Daviess Counties. Degree, 
B. S. Occupation and positions, attorney-at-law ; Representa- 
tive in the Legislature of the State in 1867, and subsequently 
State's Attorney ; elected to Congress in 1866. 

Thomas Carter PERiN(i, born June 7, 1840, in Bloomington. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the district 
schools. Degrees, A. B. and A, M. Occupation, express and 
railroad business ; freight and ticket agent, Bloomington sta- 
tion. 

1863. 

Cyrus Buckman Bates, died July 13, 1865, at Pekin, Illinois. 
Educated at Illinois College. Degree, B. S. Occupation, stu- 
dent of law. 

William Turner Cathcart, born at Bloomington. Resi- 
dence, Grolconda, Pipe County, Illinois. Educated in Bloom- 
ington schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and 
position, teacliing; School Examiner in Tenth Judicial Dis- 
trict, Arkansas; Principal of the Golconda (Illinois) School. 
Joined the 82d Indiana Regiment in time to marcli with Sher- 
man to the sea and take part in the campaign of the Carolinas. 
Mr. Cathcart married Miss Alice Cox, of Morgantown, in 1875. 

^ Thomas Benton Dearborn, born in 1830, at Northtiehl, New 
Hampshire ; died August 10, 1879, at Milford, New Hampshire. 
Educated at Tilton, New Hampshire, where he commenced his 
classical studies. Entered tlie preparatory department of col- 
lege at Jacksonville, Illinois. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., 
Indiana University; M. D. from Dartmouth College, 1864. Oc- 
cupation, teaching ; student of medicine in office of his uncle, 
Dr. Dearborn, and his brother. Dr. S. Dearborn, and also in 
Medical College, New York City ; practitioner of medicine in 



234 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Milford, New Hampshire. Position, Principal of high schools, 
in Augusta and Carthage, Illinois. Dr. Dearborn was a mem- 
ber of a family of physicians. On his return from Illinois, 
whither he had gone for health, the train was wrecked, and 
injuries were received which produced his disease and death. 
He trui^ted in the Savior, and had the hope of the righteous in 
his death. 

CuRRAN Alonzo DeBruler, bom November 11, 1843, at Jas- 
per. Residence, Evansville, Indiana. Educated in the common 
schools of Dubois County. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Occu- 
l)ation, attorney at law. 

Daniel Cargill Paris, born June 21, 1843, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, "West Barnet, Vermont. Educated at the 
district school. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teacher 
of the freedmen one year; student of Theology four years ; 
preacher twelve years. Position, Home Missionary in Min- 
nesota for two and a half years. 

Isaiah Paris, born April 25, 1846, near Bloomington, In- 
diana. Residence, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Educated at dis- 
trict school. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, student of 
Theology and preacher. Position, teacher of the freedmen, 
Natchez, Mississippi ; pastor of the Retormed Presbyterian 
Church, Walnut City, Iowa, 1870-77; of Vernon Reformed 
Presb^'-terian Church, Wisconsin, 1878. 

James Thomas Mellette, born October 31, 1837, in Henry 
County, Indiana. Residence, New Castle, Indiana. Educated 
at Marion Academy, Grant County. Degrees A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, attorney at law. Member of the Legislature. 

Samuel Irvin Bering, born July 24, 1842, in Monroe County,. 
Indiana. Residence, Silverdale, Cowley County, Kansas. Ed- 
ucated at Monroe County district school. Degrees A. B. and 
A. M. ; Master of Accounts from Eastman's College, Pough- 
keepsie Occupation, for tifteen years boot and shoe merchant : 
since, stock farming. Member of the Presbyterian Church. 

Charles W. Sappenfield. B. S. Parkville, Ind. 

Robert M. Weir, residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated 
at common school, Bloomington, Indiana. Occupation, student 
of medicine, and in the army. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and 
M. D. at University. Michigan, 1866. Position, private, Co. K, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 235 

138tli Regiment, ludiana Volunteers. Dr. Weir is now (1887) 
a practicing physician in Bloomington. 

William B. Wilson, l)orn January 14, 1839, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis. Educated in the 
common schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
teacher. Position, Superintendent Owen County schools ; Su- 
perintendent of schools at Spencer and at Edinburg, Indiana ; 
Superintendent of Indiana Institute for the Education of the 
Blind. 

James S. Wilson, born April 14, 1841, in Monroe County, 
Indiana. Residence, Paxton, Illinois. Educated at schools of 
Monroe County. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teacher 
till 1871. Position, Vice-President First National Bank, Pax- 
ton, Illinois ; Elder and correspondent of the United Presby- 
terian Church, Paxton, Illinois. 

1864. 

Bartholomew H. Burrell, born March 13, 1841, Jackson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Brownstown, Indiana. Degrees, 
B. S. and LL. B. (1866.) Occupation, studied law with Judge 
Emerson, whose partner he became after graduation. Position, 
Township Trustee, State Senator 1877-79 and member of Pres- 
byterian Church. Married Miss Maggie F. Throop, October, 
1864. 

James Hiram Foster, born March 12, 1844, Petersburg, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Sunny Side, Arkansas. Educated in the 
Evansville puljlic schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occu- 
pation, merchant. 

Sidney B. Hatfield, born January 30, 1842, Mead County, 
Kentucky. Residence, Boonville, Indiana. Educated at com- 
mon schools. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B., 1866. Occu- 
pation, attorney at law. Position, District Attorney 1866-68 ; 
Prosecuting Attorney Second Judicial Circuit 1880 ; Clerk 
Perry County 1872-76. 

Archibald Warriston Johnston, born November 26, 1844, 
Hopedale, Ohio. Residence, 2,128 Columbia avenue, Philadel- 
phia. Educated Geneva Hall, Northwood, Ohio. Degrees, A. 
B., A. M., M. D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Oc- 
cupation and position, Student of Theology at the Reformed 



236 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Presbyterian Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; graduated 
1868; Pastor of East Craftsbnrg Reformed Presbyterian Con- 
gregation from 1868 to 1871; Student of Medicine, Jeiferson 
Medical College in 1873, graduated 1875; since graduation, a 
practitioner of medicine. 

Arthur Calvin Mellette, born June 23, 1842. Henry 
County. Residence Watertown, South Dakota, at present, 
1889, Pierre, South Dakota. Educated at Marion Academy, 
entered the Sophomore Class of Indiana IJniversity. Degrees, 
A. B., A. M. and LL. B. from Law Department in 1866. Occu- 
pation, Lawyer in Muncie, Indiana ; In military service a short 
time before the close of the war ; for a number of years editor 
of the Muncie Times and in 1872-74 was representative in the 
State Legislature ; removed to Springfield, Dakota, where he 
was Register of the land office. Tlie land oflice being removed 
to Watertown, D. T., then a mere hamlet, Mr. Mellette moved 
with it. In this ofiice he continued several years. Soon 
after the inauguration of President Harrison Mr. Mellette was 
made Governor of the territory, the capital of which was 
Bismarck. On the divison of the territory, he was chosen by 
acclamation and was afterward by election, Grovernor of 
South Dakota. Pierre Avas made the temporary capital. Mr 
Mellette married Miss Margaret Wylie, of Bloomington, Indi- 
ana. 

RuFus I^. Ramsey, l)orn May 20, 1839, in Trenton, Illinois. 
Residence, Carlyle, Illinois. Educated, three years at Jackson- 
ville College. Five terms at McKendree College. Degrees, A. 
B and A. M., Indiana University. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law, for seven years. Banker since 1871. Mem- 
ber of the Educational Board for six years. (1880). County 
Clerk eight years and Presiding Oflicer of the borough of 
Carlyle. Mr. Ramsay has taken great interest in local politics, 
participating in all Congressional, State and County conven- 
tions; was the centennial orator in 1876. 

Amos M. Ross, B. S. Andersonville. Physician. 

Samuel Henry Weed, born November 5, 1863, in Ogdon, 
Henry County, Indiana. Residen(;e, Colona, Henry County, 
Illinois. Educated at public schools of Monroe and Boone 
Counties. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, in military 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 237 

sevice in 1864, a private of C-ompauy Iv., 13.3d Indiana Vol- 
unteers. A teacher for three winters. Studied theology, 1865- 
1868. Pastor of United Presbyterian Church, in Colona from 
1866 to 1879. A delegate five times to the United Presbyterian 
General Assembly. Mr. Weed secured the organization of the 
Colona United Presbyterian Congregation in 1867, and the 
building of the church in 1868, and also, of Pleasant Unity 
Church in 1869. Mr. Weed has also served as Town Clerk, 
School Trustee and also i^otary Public. By a disease of the 
lungs contracted while in the army, Mr. Weed for some years 
has been almost incapacitated from public speaking. Since 
laying down his charge, he has become a printer. He married 
Miss Mary Jane Davidson of Rock Island, Illinois. 

1865. 

Ellis Stone Gorman, born January 8, 1845, in Bloomington. 
Residence, St. Paul, Minnesota. Educated at private school. 
St. Paul. Degree, B. S. Occupation, lawyer, admitted to bar, 
Madison, Indiana, 1886. In (1886) practicing at Wichita, 
Kansas. 

Philip Holland, A. B. and A. M. Arcohi. Physician. 
Degrees, M. D. 

EzEKiEL M. McDonald, born October 7, 1845, in Crawfords- 
ville, Indiana. Died January 2, 1873, St. Paul, Minnesota. 
Educated at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation, student in law school of Judge 
David McDonald, and commenced practice in partnership with 
his father Honorable Joseph E. McDonald and A. L. Roach. 
On account of his failing health he relinquished his practice 
and in a vain hope of restoration he removed to St. Paul, 
Minnesota, where he died. 

Walter S. Roberts, born November 26, 1844, in Madison. 
Residence, Clearwater, Kansas. Educated at Hanover, Indiana. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation student of law, admitted to the 
bar at Madison, 1866. In (1886) practicing law at Wichita, 
Kansas. 

Robert Steele Ryors, born in Bloomington, 1846. Resi- 
dence, Linn, Osage County, Missouri. Educated at Indiana 
University, and United States Naval Academy. Degree, B. 



238 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

S. Occupation, lawyer. Position, Prosecuting Attorney, 1876' 
till 1880. Was chosen Presidential Elector on the Republican 
ticket in 1876. Resigned to become the Republican candidate 
for the Legislature. Was elected State Senator from the 21st 
District in 1886 and reelected in 1888. 

Greenberry Hite Sack, born ]S'ovember 5, 1841, at Greens- 
burg, Decatur County, Indiana. Residence, Warrensburg, 
Missouri. Educated at Laurel (Ohio) graded school, and at 
Acton, Marion County, Indiana. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. 
Occupation, practiced law for short time in Shelbyville, Indi- 
ana; taught in Centerview, Missouri, in 1866-67, and was Prin- 
cipal of Seminary in Warrensburg, Missouri, 1868-69, and since 
(1885) engaged in the practice of law. Since 1867 a member 
of the Cliristian Church. 

Hiram Peter Webb, born March 14, 1842, in Sangamon 
County, Illinois. Residence, Albany, Linn County, Oregon, 
(1887). Educated in the district schools of Sangamon County 
and at North Sangamon Academy, in Menard County. De-^ 
grees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupation and position,, 
teacher ; lawyer ; Clerk of Circuit Court ; County Treasurer, 
in Nebraska; banking; Representative in Legislature. Mr. 
Webb had charge of the public schools in Canyon City. It 
was in 1868 that he moved from Illinois to Nebraska, and in 
the fall of the same year was appointed Clerk of the Court,, 
which office he held about three years. He was then elected 
County Treasurer of Gage County, and was reelected three 
times, holding the office eight years. Was engaged in bank- 
ing for about six years, then moved to Oregon (November, 1878), 
and engaged in mining for about a year. In 1882 was elected 
Representative from Douglas County, and in 1882 went heartily 
into the active work of the ministry of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, having for some time before been a local preacher. 
At first Mr. Webb was a supply in the Roseburgh Circuit. 
After two years' service as pastor, he was appointed to Al- 
bany, Oregon, where he is now (1887) closing his second year's 
work. October 21, 1873, Mr. Webb married Jennette Mayfield, 
at Beatrice, Nebraska. 

Levi B. Wilson, A. M., Crawfordsville, lawyer; a local 
preacher of the Methodist Church. Died. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 239 

1866. 

Amzi Atwater. (See list of Professors.) 

James Philip Baker, born August 27, 1844, in Bartholomew 
County, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated 
in the common schools of Bartholomew County and Columbus 
City, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teacher 
for two years ; since a student of and an attorney at law. 

Bedford Augustus Bradley, A. B., New Albany, merchant. 

HosEA V. Ferrell, born March 13, 1844, in Williamson 
■County, Illinois. Residence, Carterville, Williamson County, 
Illinois. Educated at Clark Seminary, Aurora, Illinois. De- 
grees, B, S. and, from St. Louis Medical College, M. D., 1877. 
Occupation, physician and surgeon. Dr. Ferrell served through 
the War of the Rebellion, in the Union Army, as a First Lieu- 
tenant. Was wounded at the battle of Stone River. Was 
also President of Williamson Medical Society, and of Southern 
Illinois Medical Association, and author of various medical 
and surgical papers. 

Omer Tousey Gillett, born June 28, 1845, at Terre Haute, 
Indiana. Residence, Iowa City, Iowa. Educated, Indianap- 
olis, at the Northwestern Christian University. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M., and, from College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
New York, M. D. Occupation and position, study and prac- 
tice of medicine ; Secretary of Medical Faculty of State Uni- 
versity, Iowa, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery in Univers- 
ity of Iowa. 

Ransom E. Hawley, born July 8, 1844, at Putnamville, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at village school, Putnamville, and Wabash College 
Crawfordsville. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, three 
years in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. Posi- 
tion, minister of Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, until 
1873 ; Kentland, Indiana, 1874 ; Cleves, Ohio, 1880 ; Washing- 
ton, Indiana, 1880 ; pastor of church, Oakland City, Indiana, 
1887, and pastor at St. Paul, Minnesota, 1889. In the army 
through the severe campaign of 1863-64 in East Tennessee. A 
private in Co. A, 78th Indiana Volunteers, and afterward in 
Regiments 115 and 133. Was wounded in guerilla fight, 
Uniontown, Kentucky, August, 1862. 



240 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Nathan D. Miles, born April 2, 1841, in New Lebanon, 
Indiana. Residence, Nicholasville, Kentncky. Educated at 
common schools. New Lebanon Academy, three years ; Lidiana 
Asbury University, one year. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B., 1867, 
Indiana University- Occupation, practice of law, politics, 
and farming. Position, Representative of Sullivan County, 
in Indiana Legislature 1868. Reelected 1869, by a majority of 
2,300. On removing to Kentucky, in 1871, was elected to 
represent Jessamine County, Kentucky, for two years. Mr. 
Miles married Mrs. Kittie Roberts (nee Hemphill,) March 1, 
1871. 

George Washington Payne, born October 1, 1843, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Died October 4, 1873, Monroe County, 
Indiana. Educated at common schools. Degree, B. S. Occu- 
pation, teacher and farmer. 

William Lancaster Polk, born May 8, 1844, in Bullitt 
County, Kentucky. Residence, Vicksburgh, Mississippi. 
Educated at Franklin College, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Occu- 
pation, planter and Civil Engineer. Mr. Polk married Miss 
Alice Howe, of Bloomington, February, 1867. 

William C. Sandefur, born March 31, 1839, in Johnson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Franklin, Indiana. Educated 
at Edinburg, Indiana. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Occupation, 
law^yer. Position, Official Court Stenographer. Treasurer of 
Board of Trustees Methodist Episcopal Church, Franklin. 
Prosecuting Attorney. Color Guard, Company I, 70th Regi- 
ment, Indiana Volunteers. Engaged in all the battles of the 
Regiment, including Sherman's March to the Sea. 

Joseph W. Walker, born April 18, 1845, in Wenham, Essex 
County, Massachusetts. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Educated at Warren High School, Warren, Rhode Island. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M., in course, LL. B. Central Law 
School, Indiana, graduating in law, at the head of a class of 
thirty-six. Occupation and position, dealer in real estate, 
afterward, attorney at law. For about five years after gradua- 
tion, traveled extensively in Europe and the United States. 
At present engaged with Mr. W. II. Ripley in preparing an 
analytical digest of decisions of the Supreme Court of Indiana. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 241 



1867. 

Vinson Carter, born July 16, 1840, at Mooresville, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at Earlham College, Rich- 
mond, Indiana, and JSTorthwestern Christian University, Indi- 
anapolis. Degrees, B. S., and LL. B. in 1867. Major Carter 
served m the army during the Rebellion in the 12tli Indiana 
Volunteers. Was wounded at the l)attle of Richmond, Ken- 
tucky, August 30, 1862. Served as State military agent for 
Indiana from March, 1863, to August, 1865, in the Department 
of the Cumberland, and Military Division of the Mississippi. 
In the church militant, he is a Presbyterian elder and Sunday 
scliool superintendent. Was Chairman of the House Commit- 
tee on the Judiciary. Major Carter, October 1, 1867, married 
Miss Emma Maxwell, of Bloomington, daughter of Dr. James 
D. Maxwell. 

William C. Draper, born in 1850, at Bloomington, Indiana. 
Residence, Ellettsville, Indiana. Educated in Bloomington 
public schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, before commencing 
the practice of law, which he had studied, he engaged in the 
lumber business. His health failing, he went to California; 
his tather dying, he returned to Ellettsville and continued his 
business as proprietor of the flour mill. In 1873 he again be- 
came a lumber merchant in connection with the management 
of a saw-mill. 

Frank J. Hall, born February 16, 1844, in Rush County, 
Indiana. Residence, Rushville, Indiana. Educated, common 
schools; Farmer's College, College Hill, Ohio, 1864-65. De- 
grees, B. 8. and LL. B. (1869). Occupation, lawyer. 

Cassius F. Hunter, born Septend)er 25, 1847, at Cambridge, 
Ohio. Residence, Junction City, Kansas. Educated in Cam- 
bridge schools, Ohio. Degrees, B. S. and, from Jefterson Med- 
ical College, Philadelphia, (1871), M. D. Occupation, student 
and practitioner of medicine. 

Cyrus Burt Hutchison, born September 23, 1846, at Cam- 
bridge, Ohio, Residence, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. 
Educated in Cambridge public schools and at Washington and 
Jefterson College, Pennsylvania. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, teacher. Position, County School Examiner. 



242 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Henry Clay Meredith, born July 17, 1843, at Cambridge 
City, Indiana; died July 7, 1882, at Cambridge City. Edu- 
cated at Friends' Boarding School, Greenmont, Indiana, and 
Fairview Academy, Groves, Fayette County, Indiana. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, Chief Clerk 
in the office of the United States Surveyor General, Helena, 
Montana Territor}'. Editor of the Cambridge City Tribune 
and Farmer and Stock Breeder. Member of House of Repre- 
sentatives, 1881, and Aid-de-Camp on the staff of General 
Meredith in 1864-65. 

Robert Dale Richardson, born January 13, 1847, in Spencer 
County, Indiana. Residence, Evansville, Indiana. Educated 
at Rockport (Indiana) High School. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. 
(1868). Occupation, attorney at law. Position, Trustee of 
City Schools of Evansville, 1866-77; Trustee of Indiana Uni- 
versity since April, 1879, and at the present time (1888). Mr. 
Richardson was lately elected Judge of the First Judicial Dis- 
trict. Mr. Richardson married Miss Mary Eva Bollman, of 
Bloomington, June 26, 1867. 

1868. 

Andrew Jackson Arnold, born 1843, in Columbus, Indiana. 
Residence, Topeka, Kansas. Degree, B. S. Occupation, drug- 
gist. Position, enlisted in 2d Indiana Cavalry 1862. In ser- 
vice till close of the war. A prisoner for eight months at 
Andersonville. Mr. Arnold married Miss Louisa Campbell, 
daughter of Professor M. M. Campbell. 

Jesse Richards Bicknell, born November 13, 1848, Lexing- 
ton, Indiana. Residence, Jacksonville, Florida. Educated at 
private school, New Albany. Degrees, A. B., A. M, and LL. 
B., and from Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wisconsin, B. 
D. 1874. Occupation, the ministry. Position, Assistant Min- 
ister Indianapolis, 1875-77. Missionarj^ at Muncie, Indiana, 
1877-80. Assistant at St. John's Episcopal Church, Jackson- 
ville, Florida. During the yellow-fever epidemic in 1888, the 
Rev. Mr. Bicknell remained at his post ministering to the sick 
and dying, both before and after his own almost fatal prostra- 
tion by the disease. 

John Milton Brown, born February 12, 1844, in Jackson 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 243 

County, Indiana. Residence, Slielbyville, Indiana. Educated 
at Clear Spring High School, Indiana. Degree, B..S. Occupa- 
tion and position, merchant and dealer in lumber. A member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Served eighteen months 
in the Union Army. 

Ambrose M. Cunning, Martinsville. Lawyer, 

Henry Clay Duncan, born January 16, 1845, in Leatherwood, 
Lawrence County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana.. 
Educated at district schools, Lawrence County. Degrees, A. 
B., A. M. and LL. B., 1870. Occupation, lawyer. Position, 
private in the army during the Rebellion. Member of Chris- 
tian Church. Prosecuting Attorney 10th Judicial District. 

David McKendree Gunn, born December 17, 1839, in Floyd 
County, Indiana. Died May 22, 1873, Montrose, Wright 
County, Minnesota. Educated at Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, teacher and civil en- 
gineer. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

James H. Jordan, born December 21, 1842, at Woodstock, 
Virginia. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated, com- 
mon schools and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. 
Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. (1871). Occupation, attorney at law 
and in the Union Army. Position, Prosecuting Attorney. 
Was in the battles of Antietam, Getty sburgh, Fredericksburg, 
South Mountain, Chancellorsville and others. 

Allison Maxwell. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated in Bloomington schools. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and, 
from Miami Medical College, M. D. Occupation, teacher and 
physician. Position, tutor in Indiana University, 1868-70; 
connected with H. II. Bancroft's publishing house, San Fran- 
cisco, California, 1870-72; House Physician, Cincinnati Hos- 
pital, for one year; elected Coroner of Marion County, 1880; 
Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in Central Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis, 1886-87. 

George Mattison Roberts, born in 1847, in Sullivan County, 
Indiana. Residence, Bucklin, Mo. Educated at Union Chris- 
tian College, Merom, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Occupation, 
physician and druggist. 



244 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



James William Roberts, born August 19, 1841, in Sullivan 
County, Indiana. Residence, Bucklin, Missouri. Educated at 
ITnion Christian College, Merom, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Oc- 
cupation and position, attorney at law ; Prosecuting Attorney. 

Sam. Bell Wakefield, born December 4, 1848, at Mack veil, 
Kentucky; died at San Francisco, June, 1887. Educated in 
common schools. Savannah, Missouri. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation and position, student of medicine, 1871-74 ; 
mining in JS^evada ; since, 1874 to 1883, Vice-President of San 
Francisco Stock Exchange Board; January 12, 1885, was 
elected President of the Board. Mr. Wakefield was a mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

1869. 

George Washington Alford, born September 28, 184(3, in- 
Alfordsville, Indiana. Residence, Loogootee, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at common schools of Daviess County, Indiana. Degrees, 
B'. S. and LL. B., 1869. Occupation, lawyer. Publisher of 
Tribune, Loogootee, Indiana. Member of Christian Church. 
Postmaster for ten years. Present address (1889) Washington, 
Indiana. 

James Daravin Allen, born September 25, 1849, in Bloom- 
ino-ton, Indiana. Residence, Buiialo, Wilson County, Kansas. 
Educated at Bloomington Public Schools. Degree, A, B. Oc- 
cupation, merchant. 

John Homer Bothwell, born November 20, 1848, in Mays- 
ville, Illinois. Residence, Sedalia, Missouri. Educated at Clay 
County Public Schools. Degrees, B. S. and from the Law 
School, Albany, New York, in 1871, LL. B. Occupation, 
student of law two years. Attorney at law, Sedalia, Missouri. 
Mr. Bothwell has been popular and successful in his profession. 

William Dallas Bynum, born June 26, 1846, Newberry, 
Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis. Educated, received his 
primary education at the common schools. Received from the 
Indiana University degree B. S. Studied law in the office of 
Honorable W. Mack, of Terre Haute, was admitted to practice. 
Commenced the practice of his profession at Washington, 
Indiana. Was the City Attorney from 1871 to 1875. Was 
Mayor of the City of Washington, Indiana, from 1875 to 1879. 
In February, 1875, he was appointed a Trustee of the State 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 245 

Normal Scliool at Terre Haute. In 1876 was chosen Demo- 
cratic Elector. In May, 1881, lie removed from Daviess County 
to Indianapolis. In 1882 was elected Member of the State 
Legislature, and at the opening of the session in 1883 was 
elected Speaker of the House. Was elected to the Forty-ninth 
Congress, and reelected to the Fiftieth Congress, as a Demo- 
crat, receiving 22,882 votes, against 21,108 votes for Harris, 
iiepublicaii. Was a member of the Ways and Means Commit- 
tee of the Fiftieth Congress. In 1879 Mr. Bynum delivered 
the annual address to the alumni of Indiana University. He 
also delivered a eulog}" on Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-Presi- 
dent-elect, in the House of Representatives. An able speech 
has lately been made by Mr. Bynum on the tariff" question. 
Mr. Bynum married Miss Rachel Dixon, of Henderson County, 
Illinois, October 4, 1871. 

Matthew T. Campbell. Residence, Topeka, Kansas. Edu- 
cated at Bloomington. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B., 1869. Oc- 
cupation, attorney,- at law. Position, member of Board of 
Education for two years ; represented 62d District, Kansas, in 
Legislature, 1877-78. Married Miss Louise Adams, Waterville, 
Kansas. 

James M. Craig, born January 27, 1845, at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Garnett, Kansas. Educated in the com- 
schools of Monroe County. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B., 1872. 
Occupation and position, druggist ; Probate Judge for four 
years ; County Treasurer of Anderson County, Kansas. Mem- 
ber of the LTnited Presbyterian Church. 

Aaron Asbury Cravens, born July 26, 1844, in Washington 
County, Indiana. Residence, Hardinsburg, Indiana. Educated 
at May's Academy, Salem, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Occupa- 
tion, teacher ; editor; lawyer; farmer. Position, School Sup- 
erintendent of Washington County ; author of a volume of 
" Speeches and Lectures" ; Presidential Elector, 1884. 

T. Wyckliff Denton, B. S., Vernon, Indiana ; lawyer, 

Robert E. Eveleigh, born August 31, 1848, at Bloomfield, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. Educated at Bloom- 
field. Degree, B. S. Occupation, student of medicine ; drug- 
gist ; layman in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
Eveleigh married Miss Emma Freeland, November 16, 1888. 

17— History. 



246 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Robert Mellville Gamble, born September 6, 1841. Resi- 
dence, Anaheim, California. Educated in the common schools 
of Monroe County. Occupation, merchant. Position, private 
soldier in the army. Engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Tennes- 
see, Perry ville, Kentucky, Chickamauga, Atlanta and Lovejoy 
Station, under the command of Rosencranz and Sherman. 
Married Miss Rachel Alexander, of Bloomington, Indiana. 

Henry M. Gilmore, B. S., Bloomington ; lawyer. 

Eli Hoch, B. S., Winamac ; druggist. 

Alfred Ryors Howe, born November 3, 1849, at Blooming- 
ton. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Bloom- 
ington schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, merchant and 
manufacturer. Residence, 1887, Louisville, Kentucky. Mar- 
ried Miss Mary Frazee, of Louisville, Kentucky. 

George W. Johns, born March 7, 1849, at Albion, Illi- 
nois. Residence, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. Educated 
in Albion common schools. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law, Carmi, Illinois, 
and two years at Fairfield, Illinois ; ten years member of 
the firm Forth, Robinson & Co., bankers. Mr. Johns was 
Colonel and Aid on the staflt of General Cullom during the 
war. In 1873, Journal Clerk of the House of Representatives 
(Illinois), and also of the Twenty-eighth General Assembly. 
Secretary of the Illinois Republican Convention, and also Vice- 
President of another convention. 

Benjamin Freeland McCord, born December 23, 1845, at 
Martinsville, Indiana. Residence, Lincoln, Illinois. Educated 
by his father, Rev. Mr. E. McCord. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and position. Professor of Mathematics, Lincoln 
University; minister of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 
Professor McCord married Miss Rose Fitch, January, 1873. 

E. Morgan McCord, born January 29, 1848, at Centerville, 
Indiana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Occupation, law- 
yer. 

Samuel H. McCormick, B. S., Worthington. Physician. 

Samuel Early Mahan, born August 4, 1846, Pleasant Gar- 
den, Indiana. Residence, Bayfield, Wisconsin. Educated in 
Terre Haute public schools and by private teacher. Degree, . 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 247 

B. S. Occupation and position, student of medicine two and 
one-half years. Farmer. Connected with an Indian agency till 
1881. Merchant. First Lieutenant and Adjutant One Hun- 
dreth and Forty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. On Gen- 
eral R. E. Granger's staff as aid. Clerk of the Bayfield County 
School Board. 

Allen King Melton, B. S., Carrizo Springs, Texas. Teacher. 

Sarah Parke Morrison. See list of professors. 

Isaac Nathan ISTeeld, born July 26, 1866, Bloomington, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated in district 
school. Van Buren Township, Monroe County. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, general commission merchant, provisions, grain. 

Cyrus Newland Nutt, born December 21, 1848, Greencastle, 
Indiana. Died at his residence, ISTew Albany, Indiana, Decem- 
ber 23, 1884. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and M. D., medical depart- 
ment University of New York. Occupation and position, 
student of medicine. Began practice of medicine in one of the 
hospitals on Blackwell's Island. Afterward he engaged as 
surgeon on a merchant vessel of New York and sailed for 
Europe, where he visited the hospitals of London and other 
cities. Dr. Nutt, when sixteen years old, volunteered in the 
Union Army as a drummer boy. Was at the battle of Nash- 
ville, and was praised for his bravery. After the death of his 
father, President Nutt, he and his widowed mother made 
their home in New Albany, where he had l)uilt up a large and 
profitable practice. 

John Lloyd Pitner, born October 12, 1846, Jerseyville, Illi- 
nois. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana, 1882. Educated in 
tlie Illinois common schools. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B, 1871. 
Occupation and position, teacher, attorney at law, minister of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, soldier in the Union Army 
from December, 1863, till close of the war. Mr. Pitner has de- 
livered many eloquent orations on different occasioais. He was 
the alumni orator in 1882. 

George W. Sanders, A. B., Indianapolis. Real estate agent. 

Luther Short, born May 14, 1845, Springville, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Franklin, Indiana. Educated in Indiana Asbury Uni- 
versity and Butler University. Degree, B. S., Indiana Univer- 
sity. Occupation and position, lawyer, editor and proprietor of 



248 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

the Franklin Democrat. Private in tlie Forty-third Indiana 
Infantry ; took part in all the battles in which the regiment 
engaged. 

AsHER LaBoyteaux Sluss, born November 10, 1848, Blooni- 
ington. Residence, Brownsville, Saline County, Missouri. Ed- 
ucated in Bloomington schools. Degrees A. B. and A. M. 

Felix W. Thomas, born 1844, at Connersville, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Winamac, Indiana. Educated at Monticello and Wina- 
mac. Degree, B. S. Occupation, lawyer. 

William Howard Trippett, born April 18, 1847, in Gibson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Princeton, Indiana, Educated 
in Owensville graded schools. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Oc- 
cupation and position, lawyer. Prosecuting Attorney Eleventh 
Judicial Circuit, 1877-80. 

1870. 

Samuel D. Butz, born May 4, 1850, at Liberty, Illinois. Res- 
idence, near Edinbnrg, Indiana. Educated at Illinois College 
and ^Northwestern Christian University. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M. Occupation and position, druggist, farmer, deacon, and 
treasurer of the Baptist Church. 

Walter A. Poland, born March 12, 1846, at Dayton, Ohio. 
Residence, Benson, Minnesota. Educated in Terre Haute pub- 
lic school. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B., 1873. Occupation 
and position, attorney-at-law. Alumni orator, 1873. Married 
Miss Laura Woodburn, of Bloomington. 

George W. McDonald, born January 24, 1848, at Attica, In- 
diana. Residence, Attica, Indiana. Educated in Attica schools 
and Wabash College. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B., 1873. 
Occupation, attorney-at-law. 

Robert W. Miers, born January 27, 1848, near Greensburg, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana, Educated in pub- 
lic schools and Hartsville Academy. Degrees, B. S. and LL.B. 
Occupation and position, Prosecuting Attorney, 1874 to 1878; 
Member of Legislature 1877 and 1878 ; member of Board of 
Trustees of Indiana University since 1882 ; appointed Judge 
for the unexpired time of Judge Wilson, deceased ; nominee 
of the Democratic convention for Secretary of State. Mr. 
Miers is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He married 
Miss Belle Ryors, of Bloomington. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 240 

Samuel Thompson Quick. Residence, Edinburgh, Indiana., 
Degrees, A. B., A. M. and, from Eclectic Medical Institute, 
Cincinnati, M. D. Occupation, physician. Married Miss Eliz- 
abeth Dodds, of Bh:)oniington, Indiana, in 1872. 

Augustus Orwig Reubelt, born July 15, 1849, at Orwigs- 
burgh, Pennsylvania. Residence, Winamac, Pulaski County, 
Indiana. Educated at Orwigsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Tren- 
ton, Tennessee, and Greencastle, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and 
A.M. Occupation and position, teacher; Professor of Mathe- 
matics and German, Ghent College, Kentucky; Superintend- 
ent of Public Schools at Lebanon, Vevay, Winamac, and 
Corydon in Kentucky. Private in Co. I, 43d Regiment, 
Indiana Volunteers. Elder in Christian Church. Mr. Reubelt 
married Miss Jennie Warner, of Brazil, Indiana, December- 
29, 1875. 

Arthur P. Twineham. Residence, Princeton, Indiana. De- 
grees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, lawyer ; City 
Attorney, 1874—76 ; Chairman of the Republican Convention ; 
Superintendent of the Public Schools, Rockville, Indiana. 

Julius W. Youche, born March 4, 1848, Canal, Winchester, 
Ohio. Residence, Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in Ohio public schools and Heidleburg College, Tiffin,. 
Ohio. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. ; LL. B., Michigan University, 
1872. Occupation and position, teacher; attorney at law; 
Superintendent of Public Schools, Crown Point, Indiana; 
Prosecuting Attorney of the 31st Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 
1876-80; Trustee of Indiana University since 1885.. 

1871. 

ThOxMAS Greene Alford, born March 26, 1852, Alfordsville, 
Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Ind. Educated in the dis- 
trict schools of Daviess County. Degree, B. S. Occupation 
and position, teaching in district schools ; Principal of Vevay 
High School and Superintendent of Vevay City Schools, 1881, 
and Principal of High School in Indianapolis, 1888. 

Susanna R. (Hamilton) Anderson, born in Leesville, Indiana., 
Residence, Quincy, Indiana. Educated in Bloomington. De- 
gree, B. S. Occupation, teaching. 



250 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Helen (Alford) Berry, "born in Alfordsville, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Loogootee, Indiana. Educated in Daviess County pub- 
lic schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teacher and housewife. 
Member of the Church of Christ, Loogootee. 

E. Louisa (Wylie) Boisen, born in Bloomington. Residence, 
Bloomington. Educated at Mrs. McFerson's Ladies' Seminary, 
Bloomington, at Rev. Dr. J. W. Scott's Female Seminary, Ox- 
ford, Ohio. Graduated at Glendale Female College. Degree, 
B. S., Indiana University. Occupation, teaching, Missouri 
State University, 1872-73 ; teacher of drawing in the Blooming- 
ton public schools since 1884. Married Prof. H, B. Boisen, of 
Indiana University, July 16, 1873. Visited Germany with her 
husband in 1873. 

John Woodruff Culmer, born January 28, 1847, in Alle- 
gheny County, Pennsylvania. Residence, Prairieton, Vigo 
County, Indiana (1881). Educated at Springville, Indiana. De- 
gree, B. S. Occupation and position, minister of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. 

James Henry Dunn, born September 30, 1849, at New Albany, 
Indiana. Residence, Louisville, Kentucky. Educated at Chi- 
cago University. Degree, A. B., Indiana University. Occu- 
pation, merchant. Mr. Dunn married Miss Lizzie Harbison, 
March 9, 1880. 

Lizzie (Harbison) Dunn, born near Bloomington, Indiana. 
Residence, Louisville, Kentucky. Educated at Bloomington 
Seminary. Degree, B. S. Married (see above). 

Ella (Fellows) Ewing, born July 14, near Bloomfield, In- 
diana. Residence, Princeton, Indiana. Educated at Bloom- 
ington Female Academy and in the graded schools. Degree, 
B. S. Occupation, teacher of Music. Miss Fellows married 
John W. Ewing, October 16, 1873. 

James Milligan Foster, born September 22. 1850, at Cedar- 
ville,Ohio. Residence, Cincinnati, Ohio. Educated inCedarville 
public schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, 
teacher in Cedarville for two years ; four years at Reformed 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania ; 
pastor of Reformed Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati (1882) ; 
Superintendent of Public Schools, Cedarville ; public lecturer 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 251 

on National Reform, Married Miss Laura Turner, of Bloom- 
ington. 

Laura L. (Turner) Foster, born at Bloomington. Resi- 
dence, Cincinnati, Ohio. Educated in Bloomington public 
schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teacher for five years. 
Married Rev. James M. Foster. 

Walter R. Houghton. See Faculty list. 

Alexander Kilpatrick, born January 20, 1848, at Bloom- 
ington. Residence, Valencia, Pennsylvania. Educated at 
Morning Sun, Iowa. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation 
and position, a teacher for two years ; student of theology for 
four years; minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church 
since 1877. 

Clara Eliza McCord, born at Centerville, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Lincoln, Illinois (1882). Educated at Bloomington, In- 
diana. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teaching. 

James E. McCollough, born April 1, 1847, at Hamilton, Ohio. 
Residence, Princeton, Indiana. Educated in the common 
schools of Hamilton County and Spencer County, Indiana. 
Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 
Married Miss Emma Turner, of Bloomington. 

Frank Buell McDonald, born May 24, 1850, at Crawfords- 
ville, Indiana. Died at "Washington, D. C, January 7, 1887. 
Educated at Indianapolis and by Professor Pickett, of Attica. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, study and 
practice of law ; at the time of his death was Pension Office 
Examiner in Washington. 

Tilghman H. Mallow. See Faculty list. 

Columbus Nave. A. B. and A. M. Attica. Lawyer. 

Lester L. Norton, born July 26, 1848, in Marion, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at Marion and Antioch 
schools. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Occupation, lawyer. 

James Robert Overman, born October 14, 1847, in Lawrence 
County, Indiana. Residence, Evansville, Indiana. Educated 
at Bedford schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, 1871-81, farm- 
ing; in 1881 to 1883 traveled extensively, visiting Cuba, Yuca- 
tan, Mexico and the Southern States; in 1882, California, Wy- 



252 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

oming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Colorado. Occupation, a 
manufacturer. In 1887 was elected Auditor of Lawrence 
County. 

David L. Richardson, born November 17, 1843, in Spencer, 
Indiana. Residence, Dallas, Texas. Educated at Spencer 
County schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, commission mer- 
chant. Since 1877, dealer in hardware and agricultural imple- 
ments. 

1872. 

William S. Broavn, born June 11, 1847, in Jackson County. 
Residence, Kansas City, Missouri. Educated at Clear Spring 
<3ommon schools. Degrees, A. B., A. M. and LL. B. Occupa- 
tion, lawyer. At present (1889) is engaged in real estate and 
loan business, letting contracts for buildings, etc. 

Thomas Jefferson Clark, born April 19, 1846, in Bruceville, 
Knox County. Resideuce, Vincennes, Indiana. Educated at 
Bloomington common schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Oc- 
cupation and position. Principal of the Vincennes high school, 
1873. Minister of Christian Church, Vincennes, for the last 
seventeen years. Mr. Clark has been a diligent and successful 
minister ; has had 732 accessions to his church ; has preached 
2,250 sermons; attended 235 funerals, and united in marriage 
224 couples. Mr. Clark married Miss Emma Jennings, of 
class 1873. 

Orlando H. Cobb. B, S. and LL. B, Residence, Vincennes. 
Lawyer. 

GrEORGE WiLLiAM CooPER, bom May 21, 1851, in Bartholo- 
mew County. Residence, Columbus, Indiana. Educated at 
Columbus common schools and private tuition. Degrees, A. 
B., A. M. and LL. B. Mr. Cooper completed his college course 
and law studies in four years. Occupation and position, law- 
yer ; Prosecuting Attorney for Bartholomew and Brown coun- 
ties ; Mayor of Columbus ; City Attorney in 1887. Mr. Cooper 
has always been an active politician. In almost every county 
of the State he has advocated the reunion of the States in feel- 
ing as well as in force — a reformation of the tariff to a revenue 
basis. He was elected Congressman of the Fifth District on 
the Democratic ticket in 1888. Mr. Cooper married Miss Sina 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 25S 

E. Greene, of Bloomington. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are 
active members of the Christian Church. 

Benjamin Harrison Cravens, born November 25, 1868, in- 
Washington County. Residence, Hardinsburg, Washington 
County, Indiana. Educated at Salem Academy. Degree, B. S. 
Occupation, principally farming ; took an active part in the 
political contest of 1884; Treasurer of Washington County. 
Mr. Cravens married Miss Susan Mcintosh, of Hardinsburg,. 
March, 1880. 

George W. Cummings, born 1848, in Illinois. Residence, 32^ 
Vesey street, New York (1889), formerly a resident of St. Louis. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Educated in Terre Haute schools. 
Occupation, lawyer ; recently, newspaper correspondent; when 
at St. Louis, published the Official Railroad Guide; spent one 
year at St. Louis Law School ; practiced law three years ; his 
health failing, went to Colorado and engaged in mining, but 
got neither health or wealth. He then returned to Missouri, 
and soon after went back to Colorado ; this time he improved 
in, health, but not otherwise. In 1882 went to Chicago, where,, 
with two friends, he organized the American Press Associa- 
tion, which has engaged his attention till the present time (1889). 
Mr. Cummings married Miss Josephine de Fontaine in 1879. 

John W. Ewing, born February 14, 1850, in Patoka, Gibson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Princeton, Indiana. Educated 
in Gibson and Pike Counties common schools and at Owenville 
graded schools. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B., 1873. Occupation 
and position, attorney-at-law. Treasurer of School Board of 
Princeton, School Trustee two terms. Mr. Ewing was the 
first mayor of the City of Princeton, Indiana. He married 
Miss Ella Fellows of Class 1871, October 16, 1873. 

Emory Evans Grinnell, born 1852, in Burlington, Vermont. 
Residence, Woodys, Kern County, California, formerly Pea- 
body, Marion County, Kansas. Educated in Morgantown 
public schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teacher, student of 
law, wool grower, ranchman, and Principal of the Graded 
Schools. Mr. Grinnell married Matilda Gunnarson. 

James P. Hale, born April 15, 1846, at Bluffton. Residence, 
Bluifton, Indiana. Educated in Bluffton schools. Degree, 
B. S. Occupation and position, County Surveyor, 1872-75 ; 



254 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

teacher ; admitted to the bar 1876 ; attorney at law ; Prosecut- 
ing Attorney for four years ; Mayor of Bkiffton five years. 
Mr. Hale married Miss Delia E. Wilson, June 10, 1880. 

Elisha Asbury Hamilton, born December 28, 1851, at Or- 
leans. Residence, Whitehall, Illinois (1889). Educated in part 
at Greencastle. Degrees, A. B, and A. M., Indiana University, 
and B. D. from Drew Theological Seminary, 1875. Occupation 
and position, for three years a theological student ; entered the 
Illinois Conference, 1875 ; minister in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. Has been pastor in Wapella, Gibson City, Rantoul, 
Tolono, Monticello, LeRoy and Whitehall, all towns of Illinois. 
Mr. Hamilton married Lura Wolfe, of Clinton, Illinois, Sep- 
tember 24, 1878. 

Frederick Heiner, born September 2, 1852, in Bath County, 
Kentucky. Residence, Indianapolis. Degrees, B. S. and 
LL, B. Occupation and position, lawyer ; Librarian of Su- 
preme Court; was nominated as Judge on the Democratic 
ticket, but not elected. 

Mary (Hannaman) James, born in Indianapolis. Residence, 
Duluth, Minnesota (1889). Educated at the Methodist Female 
College, Indianapolis. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, 
postmistress at Aberdeen, Dakota. After marriage moved to 
Columbia, Dakota Territory. Miss Hannaman married Mr. 
John R. James, of Columbia, Dakota Territory, at Watertown, 
Dakota Territory. Mrs. James was Class Historian at the re- 
union of Class 1872, June 10, 1889. 

John H. Kendall, born July 19, 1851, Jamestown, Ohio. 
Residence, Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Educated at Cedarville, 
Ohio. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, 
studied theology at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological 
Seminary in Philadelphia. Licensed to preach in 1876 and or- 
dained minister of the gospel the same year. Pastor of the 
Reformed Presbyterian Congregation at Ryegate, Vermont, for 
nearly ten years. After giving up his charge in Ryegate he 
traveled in Great Britain and Ireland. On returning, accepted 
a call from the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation at Taren- 
tum, Pennsylvania. 

Hickman New King, born October 2, 1840, Jennings County. 
Residence, Petersburg, Indiana, 1889. Educated in Jennings 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 25S 

and Morgan County schools. Degree,*B. S. Mr. King entered 
college in 1866, the next year he taught, returned in 1868, en- 
tered the Junior Class ; taught in 1870-71, entered Senior Class,, 
graduating in 1872. Occupation and position, minister and 
elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Served in the army 
during the late war. Was honorably discharged after a three 
years' service. Was in the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas^ 
Perryville, Kentucky, Murfreesborough, Missionary Ridge^ 
Kenesaw Mountaiti. 

Samuel Lilly, born May 11, 1841, New Lisbon, Henry County. 
Residence, Fowler, Ind. Educated in New Lisbon common 
schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position^ 
teacher. Principal of LaGrange school, 1872-73; of BluiFton 
schools, 1873-75; of Worthington schools, 1875-76; of Gos- 
port, 1876-88 ; now (1889) Principal of Fowler schools. Mr. 
Lilly married Miss Mary M. Gray, of Gosport, July 1, 1874. 

William E. McCord, born March 21, 1850, Centreville, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated in the schools 
of Bainbridge, Gosport and Clayton. Degrees, A. B., A. M. 
and LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law and farmer. Mr. 
McCord married Miss Mary Callis October 31, 1883. 

John Brown Malott, born 1846, at Bedford. Residence^ 
Erie, Lawrence County, Indiana. Educated in Bedford schools. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, teacher, farmer, dealer 
in live stock, surveyor, soldier in Company A, Sixty-seventh 
Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, Union Army. Was engaged 
in the battles of Mumfordville, Kentucky (was taken prisoner 
with the regiment), and Chickasaw Heights, Arkansas Heights, 
Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, and Jack- 
son, Mississippi, and was wounded in the charge on the works 
at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mr. Malott has always 
been an advocate of temperance, religion, and republican in- 
stitutions. 

Joseph Edwin Mellette, born 1848, in Henry County. 
Residence, Watertown, South Dakota. Educated in Muncie 
schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, 
study and practice of law ; Prosecuting Attorney for four 
years in Muncie. Mr. Mellette married Miss Ella Dunn, of 
Bloomington. 



256 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Edmund Mooney, l)orn 1869, in Johnson County. Residence, 
Columbus, Indiana. Educated in Columbus public schools. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, merchant and manufacturer. Mr. 
Mooney married Miss Laura Henley, of Bloomington, Septem- 
ber, 1887. 

Joseph Shannon ISTave, born September 19, 1851, at Attica. 
Residence, Attica, Indiana. Educated in Attica schools. De- 
gree, B. S. Attended the Law School of Michigan University. 
Occupation and position, lawyer. Representative of Fountain 
County, 1879-1883. 

Pierce Norton, born September 3, 1850, at Marion. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis. Educated in Marion schools. Degrees, 
A. B. and LL. B. Occupation and position, studied law, in 
addition to the University course, in the office of Joseph E. 
McDonald ; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of the city court ; 
in 1882 was elected Judge of the Criminal Court of Marion 
County, till the expiration of his four years' term ; in 1885 
traveled in Europe. Judge Norton mai-ried Miss Maud E. 
Lynn, April 14, 1887. 

Robert Alexander Ogg, born December 14, 1848, in Noble 
County, Ohio. Residence, Greencastle, Indiana. Educated at 
the public schools and at Summerfield, Ohio, high school. De- 
gree, B. S. Occupation and position, teacher. In Ellettsville, 
two years ; Mitchell, four years ; Professor in DePauw Female 
College one year, and New Albany high school seven years. 
At present (1889) Superintendent of the public schools in 
Oreencastle. Local minister in the M. E. Church. An efficient 
and active member of the Teacher's Association of Southern 
Indiana. Was its President in 1886. Mr. Ogg married Miss 
Louise H. Hutchinson, of Mitchell, December 25, 1877. 

Richard Lee Organ, born December 8, 1850, in Wayne 
Oounty. Residence, Carmi, Illinois. Educated at Fairfield 
school. Degrees, B. S., LL. B., 1873. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law ; loan and real estate business ; State Senator 
in 1884, for four years. ■ 

Francis Kellogg Raymond, born January' 3, 1852, in Cam- 
bridge City. Residence, Winfield, Kansas. Educated at Miami 
University, Oxford, Ohio. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., Indiana 
University. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; assist- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 257 

aiit city editor Indkuiapolis News; 1872 to 1880, Law Reporter; 
official Stenographer Thirteenth Judicial District, Kansas, 
since 1881, Mr, Raymond married Miss M, K, Brown, Septem- 
ber 13, 1881. 

Charles H, Strong, horn December 20, 1848, in EUettsville. 
Residence, Garnett, Kansas. Educated at Monroe County 
schools. Degrees, A, B, and A. M., B. D. from United Presby- 
terian Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio. Occupation and 
position, student of Theology ; preacher of the gospel ; pastor 
of First United Presbyterian Church, Garnett, Kansas ; author 
of a history of the Waldensian Church, Mr, Strong married 
Miss Emma Blair, of Bloomington, 

David ThOxMas Worley, born JSTovember 4th, 1841, in Scott 
County. Residence, jSTewtonia, Missouri. Educated at Or- 
leans, Indiana. Degree, B, S, Occupation and position, teach- 
ing, farming, stock raising ; Principal of graded and high 
schools. Was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, Fought 
at Stone River, Shiloh, Chattanooga, Franklin and Nashville, 
Tennessee, Atlanta, Georgia. Lost his left arm at Averasboro, 
North Carolina. Mr. Worley married Sarah C, Baker, Mason 
County, Illinois, August 19, 1873. 

The compiler is indebted to Mrs. James, the Class Historian in 1889, for many in- 
teresting items in these sketches of Class 1872. 

1873. 

Hermann Gleason Bradford. Residence, Louisville, Ken- 
tucky. Degree, B. S. Occupation, jeweler and book-keeper in 
ajewelr}' store, Louisville, Kentucky. 

John Bunyan Campbell, born March 11, 1856, at Blooming- 
ton. Residence, Toledo, Ohio. Educated at home by his 
father. Professor Campbell, of Indiana University, and in the 
district schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and 
position, music teacher and composer; organist in Parks 
Chapel, Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, in 1879; 
Professor of Music in Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. 
Mr. Campbell exhibited when a mere child a superior musical 
talent, and has from his graduation made music his profession. 

Emma R, (Jennings) Clark, born at Cataract, Owen County, 
Residence, Vincennes, Indiana, Educated in the Owen 



258 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Coniity schools. Degree, B. S. Miss Jennings married liev. 
Thos. J. Clark, of Class 1872. 

Webster Dixon, born January 9, 1854, at Paris, Indiana. 
Residence, Columbus, Indiana. Educated at Vernon Academy. 
Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, lawyer; 
Clerk of Indiana House of Representatives in 1879 ; Prosecut- 
ing Attorney in the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Indiana ; Demo- 
cratic candidate for Representative of Jennings County in 
1870; held a joint debate with Mr. Overmeyer, Republican 
candidate ; orator of the X. X. Fraternity in 1880. 

Sanford Hutchison Drybread, born September 17, 1848, in 
Bartholomew County, Indiana. Residence, Taylorsville, Indi- 
ana. Educated in Bartholomew County schools, Williamsburg 
High School, and graded school, Columbus. Degree, B. S. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law ; formerly proprietor 
of a flouring mill at Taylorsville ; Justice of the Peace in Bar- 
tholomew County. 

Alfred W. Fullerton, born March 2, 1850, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Spencer, Indiana. Educated in 
the public schools of Monroe County. Degrees, A. B. and 
LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Theresa (Luzadder) Gregory, born November 8, in Guern- 
sey County, Ohio. Residence, Brooklyn, Morgan County, In- 
diana. Educated in Bloomington graded schools. Degree, B. S. 

James Franklin Heady. Residence, Glendale, Ohio. De- 
grees, A. B., A. M. and, from Miami Medical College, M. D. 
Occupation and position, practitioner of medicine ; resident 
physician at Cincinnati Hospital. 

James Ross Latimer, born' July 14, 1851, Bloomington. Res- 
idence, Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio. Educated in the 
Monroe County common schools. Degrees A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation, teaching and studying theology. Position, pastor 
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Londonderry, Ohio, 1882. 
Professor of Greek in Geneva College for some time. 

William Brown McClintic, born November 9, 1852, Peru, 
Indiana. Residence, Peru, Indiana. Educated in the Peru 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 259 

High School. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, for six 
years in the United States Postal Service. Since, attorney at 
law. 

James Darwin Maxwell, Jr., born July 14, 1850, Blooming- 
ton. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Bloom- 
ington Academy. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., and from Miami 
Medical College, Ohio, M. D. Dr. Maxwell also studied medi- 
-cine at Bellevue Medical College, New York. Occupation and 
position, practicing physician ; Coroner of Monroe County. 

Giles S. Mitchell, residence, Cincinnati, Ohio. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M., Indiana University, and M. D., Medical College, 
Ohio. Member of Cincinnati Academy of Medicine. Fellow 
of the Cincinnati Obstetrical Society. Dr. Mitchell also at- 
tended medical lectures in the Universities of Vienna and 
Strasburg. In 1875-76 Dr. Mitchell traveled extensively in 
Europe. 

John S. Newby, born December 20, 1848, Mooresville. Resi- 
dence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated in Mooresville High 
School. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupation, attorney at 
law. 

Robert M. Piatt, born April 7, 1840, in Boonville, Indiana. 
Residence, Witchita, Kansas. Educated at Collegiate Insti- 
tute, Rockport, Indiana. Degrees A. B. and A. M. Occupa- 
tion and position, lawyer; Secretary of the School Board at 
Boonville ; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Mr. Piatt married 
Miss Alma Fellows, Class 1874. 

John A. Ramsey, residence. Chase City, Virginia. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, teacher; student of 
Theology; ordained minister of the United Presbyterian 
Church, and missionary to, and teacher of, the freedmen, Chase 
City, Virginia. Mr. Ramsey married Miss Bryan, daughter of 
Rev. John Bryan, of Bloomington. 

William Francis Lewis Sanders, born September 12, 1849, 
in Maxville, Indiana. Residence, New Albany, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated at Spencer County common schools and at home. De- 
gree, B. S. Occupation and position, teacher and author; 
Principal of Owensville graded schools, 1873 to 1876 ; teacher 
hi Bloomington high school and in the college Preparatory De- 



260 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

partment, 1876 to 1879 ; Assistant Principal in the high school, 
New Albany; author of "-Analysis by Diagrams;" "The 
Strnctnre of the English Sentence and Sentential Analysis by 
Diagrams," and a " Chart of the English Verb." In 1889 Su- 
perintendent of the Connersville schools. 

Xewell Sanders, born Jnly 12, 1850, in Owen County, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Educated at Owen 
County schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, for 
four years book-seller in Bloomington ; since, a manufacturer 
of plows and other agricultural implements ; member of the 
Board of Education of the city of Chattanooga. Inventor of 
the Chattanooga patent chilled plow. Mr. Sanders married 
Miss Corinne Dodds, October 28, 1873. 

CoRiNNE (DoDDs) Sanders, bom July 4, in Bloomington, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Educated at Bloom- 
ington public schools. Degree, B. S. In addition to her do- 
mestic duties, Mrs. Sanders has been an assistant to her husband 
in business matters, in book-keeping and in manufacturing. In 
company with her husband, she is now (1889) visiting the great 
Exposition in Paris, France, more for improvement than 
amusement. 

Burnet Milton Short, born December 31, 1853, at Spring- 
ville. Residence, Fredonia, Kansas. Educated at Springville 
District School. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and 
position, lawyer; elected Mayor of Fredonia, Kansas, in 1878; 
reelected 1879. Mr. Short made an address at Fredonia, at a 
Masonic celebration, which was published. 

Thomas J. Terhune, born March 8, 1848, in Greene County, 
Indiana. Residence, Lebanon, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and 
A. M., LL. B. (1874). Occupation and position, hiwyer; 
elected Judge in 1878. 

1874. 

William Wirt Beck, born February 9, 1851, in Warren 
County, Kentucky. Residence, Walla- Walla, Washington Ter- 
ritory, formerly Franklin, Tennessee. Educated in private 
school. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation, teaching, until 
1879; preacher of the gospel, working zealously and success- 
fully in Washington Territory. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 261 

Baron D. Crawford, born January 11, 1849, in New Albany. 
Residence, Plymoutb, Indiana. Educated in ISTew Albany pub- 
lic schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. Occupation and posi- 
tion, attorney-at-law ; Prosecuting Attorney for two terms in 
the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Indiana. Mr. Crawford, before 
entering college, and in vacation, while at college, supported 
himself by his trade, a bricklayer. 

John F. Dillon, born August 21, 1852, in Southern Indiana. 
Residence, Pierre, South Dakota. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. 
Occupation, practice of law, live years in Jasper, and since 
in Pierre, South Dakota. Mr. Dillon is the author of " Plead- 
ing and Practice in Dakota." Mr. J. F. Dillon married Miss 
Emma Sherritt, of Portersville, Indiana. 

Charles Hall Dillon, born December 18, 1853, in Dubois 
County, Indiana. Residence, Mitchell, South Dakota. Edu- 
cated at Dubois High School. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Oc- 
cupation, practice of law", four years, in Jasper County; in 
1880 moved to Mitchell, Dakota; at present (1882) attorney at 
law and banker. Mr. C. II. Dillon married Miss Maud Tripp, 
of Yankton, South Dakota. 

James Hervey Doavd, born January 15, 1846, in Vinton 
County, Ohio. Residence, Hebron, Indiana. Educated in the 
public schools and Valparaiso College. Degree, A. B. Occu- 
pation, teaching for two years; afterwards a dry goods mer- 
chant. 

Alma (Fellows) Piatt, born at Bloomfield. Residence, 
Boonville, Indiana (1881). Educated in the public schools of 
Bloomington. Degree, A. B. Occupation, practical domestic 
economy. Married Robert M. Piatt, Class 73, Octol)er 29, 
1874. 

William S. Fish, born January 6, 1856, at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Anaheim, Los Angeles County, Cali- 
fornia. Educated in Bloomington graded schools. Degree, 
A. B. Occupation and position, member of engineer corps of 
the Southern Pacific Railroad; compositor in printing office, 
and viticulturist. 

AVilliam John Frazer, born March 22, 1853, at Paoli, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Shelby ville, Illinois (1888). Educated in 
Paoli schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, stu- 

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262 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

dent of law ; teacher ; student of theology, Princeton (New 
Jersey) Theological Seminary, for three years ; stated supply 
at Worthington ; pastor of Presbyterian Church, Bedford, In- 
diana, 1882 ; stated supply at Shelbyville, Illinois. The scien- 
tiiic course not requiring classical studies, Mr. Frazer devoted 
three years to the study of Greek with private tutors. 

Pierre Gray, born May 2, 1853, New Madison, Darke County, 
Ohio. Residence, Indianapolis. Educated in the Union City 
schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, student of 
law in the office of his father, Isaac P. Gray, lawyer. In No- 
vember, 1875, admitted to practice at Randolph County bar, 
October 24, 1876, admitted to the Supreme Court of Indiana, in 
1875-76 City Civil Engineer, City Attorney in 1882, in 1885-89 
Secretary of Governor Isaac P. Gray. 

Louisa S. Gregg, born July 23, Delaware, Ohio. Residence, 
Columbia City, Indiana. Educated in the public schools of 
Columbia City and ^ort Wayne. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
teaching. 

Alfred Harrison Harryman, born October 27, 1849, Moores- 
ville, Indiana. Residence, No. 134 Van Buren street, Chicago, 
1888. Educated at Mooresville, Indiana. Degrees A. B., A. M. 
and LL. B. Occupation, journalist. Mr. Harryman, in 1881-83, 
was city editor of the Columbus Democrat, 1883-85, editor of 
the Martlnsmlle Republican, managing editor of the Muncie 
Daily News, 1885-86, editor of the Current, 1886-88. Mr. Har- 
ryman, outside of his literary work, took an active part in the 
campaigns of 1880 and 1886 in making speeches in Indiana, 
Ohio and Illinois under the direction of the Republican State 
Committees of these States. Mr. Harryman was the alumni 
poet at the reunion of Class '76. 

James W. Head, residence, Shelbyville, Kentucky. Degrees, 
A. B. and A. M. Occupation and position, lawyer, Prosecut- 
ing Attorney. In 1881 a prominent candidate for Judge of 
Shelby County and the Quarterly Courts of Kentucky. 

Anna Mary (Buskirk) Hill, born at Bloomington, Septem- 
tember 4. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the 
Bloomington public schools and seminary. Degrees A. B. 
Married Mr. Nathaniel Hill, of Class '75. 

Craig Hunter, born October 4, 1853, in Bloomington, In- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 263 



(liana. Residence, Topeka, Kansas. Educated in Blooming- 
ton, one year at Notre Dame University. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney-at-law ; at present (1888) 
chief clerk of General Roadmaster's oiRce, of the Topeka & 
Santa Fe Raih-oad. Member of the Baptist Church. 

Samuel Mitchell Jefferson, horn July 28, 1849, in Kent 
County, Delaware. Residence, Covington, Kentucky. Edu- 
cated in Illinois common schools and Eureka College, Illinois. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, minister of the gos- 
pel ; pastor of Christian Church,jLafayette, Indiana, 1874-77; 
pastor of Fourth-street Christian Church, Covington, Ken- 
tucky, 1877-82; Recording Secretary of the Christian Foreign 
Missionary Society. Author of several ])ul)lished addresses 
and contributor to religious periodicals. 

Sarah Belle (Latimer) Kelley, born in Monroe County. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Monroe County 
common schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, a teacher for 
several years. 

Mary Caroline McCoLLOU(jn, born in Bloomington, Indiana. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Bloomington 
schools. Degree, B. S. Member of Presbyterian Cliurch. 

John Henry McMillan, born October 29, 1851, in Cedarville, 
Ohio. Residence, Monmouth, Illinois (1887). Educated in 
Cedarville High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, teacher, Professor of Greek and Mathematics, Smith's 
Grove College, Kentucky; Superintendent of the Cedarville 
Schools; Principal of Xenia High School; County School 
Examiner; Professor of Liitin, Monmouth College, Monmouth, 
Illinois. Professor McMillan married Miss Ida Li/czio Wood- 
burn, of Bloomington, in 1870, of Class '75. 

David Howe Maxwell, l)orn in Bloomington. Residence, 
Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Bloomington Higli School. 
Decree, A. B. Occupation, farmer. 

Laura (Henley) Mooney, A. B., Columbus, Indiana. Mar- 
ried Mr. Ed. Mooney, Class '72. 

Charles T. Moore, born January 19, 1854, in Washington 
County, Illinois. Residence, Okawville, Illinois. Educated at 
McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois. Degree, A. B. Occu- 



264 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

patioii, teacher; Principal of Nashville (Illinois) public 
schools; since 1872, attornej at law. 

Margaret Irene (Dodds) Rose, born February 17, at Bloom- 
ington, Indiana. Residence, Muncie, Indiana. Educated in 
Bloomington graded schools. Degree, B. S. Married Mr. T. 
Rose, Class '75^. 

David Newton Taylor, born September 13, 1850, at Harrods- 
biirgh, Indiana. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated 
at Lincoln University, Illinois. Degrees, A. B. and LL. B. 
Occupation, lawyer. Democratic candidate (1880) for Legisla- 
ture for Vigo County. Was defeated by a small majority, but 
200 ahead of the State (Democratic) ticket. 

Jesse Day' Trueblood, born June 24, 1849, in Parke County, 
Indiana. Residence, Danville, Illinois. Educated in the Parke 
County common schools and Bloomingdale Academy. De- 
grees, A. B. and LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer; by 
birth a "Friend," he joined the Presbyterian Church while at 
the University ; was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court 
of Illinois in 1876, and in the United States Circuit Courts and 
District Courts for State of Illinois in 1877. 

Charles Whitted, born December 12, 1853, at Springville, 
Indiana. Residence, Owensburg, Indiana. Educated in public 
schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, hardware merchant ; and 
dealer in stock.. 

George Washington Wiggs, born December 2, 1853, at Hol- 
landsburgh, Ohio. Residence, LTnion City, Indiana, in Chi- 
cago, Illinois (1886). Educated at high school, Union City, 
Indiana. Degree, B. S. Occupation, agent of Charles H. 
Cummings, gi-ain exporter, Philadelphia; contributor to the 
Waverbj Maijazlne, Boston, Massachusetts, and to the New 
York, Cincinnati and Indianapolis dailies; in commission 
business; member of Chicago Board of Trade; formerly pro- 
prietor of the weekly magazine. The Current. Mr. Wiggs 
married Anna May Oldfield, a frequent contributor to The 
Car rent. 

1875. 

DeWitt Clinton Barnett, born June 19, 1850, in Edinburg, 
Indiana. Residence, Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri. 
Educated at high school, Nineveh, Indiana, and Northwestern 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 265 

Christian University (now Butler), Degree, A. B. Occupa- 
tion and position, teaching and preaching. In 1883, attorney 
at law, Kansas, Missouri. Removed shortly after to Harrison- 
ville, Missouri. In 1878-79, Mr. Barnett was Principal of 
the high school in Knightstown, Indiana. Has lectured on po- 
litical, religious and educational subjects, and has contributed 
many articles on these subjects ; and, also, articles of fiction, 
poetry and travel, for several journals. 

Edwin Wilson Black, born July 3, 1852, in Paoli, Indiana. 
Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated at Paoli schools. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Luther B. Bunnel, born May 23, 1849, in Warren County, 
Ohio. Residence, Wichita, Kansas. Educated at Earlham 
College, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and LL. _B. Occupation, 
real estate, mortgage and loan business. Position, Trustee of 
First Presbyterian Church, Wichita. 

Jerry Collins, born in County Cork, Ireland, 1850. Resi- 
dence, Fort Benton, Montana Territory-. Educated at public 
schools of Wabash, Indiana, and Kokomo, Indiana, (school of 
Prof. Hopkins). Degree, B. S. Occupation, editor and pub- 
lisher. First, of the Wabash Courier ; second. The Logansport 
Pharos, and since 1881, The Fort Benton River Press, Montana 
Territory. Position, Secretaiy of the Montana Press Associa- 
tion. Wedded to newspaper work. Married (1879) to Miss 
Letta E. Fitzgerald, of Logansport. 

Albert Davis, born Februar}^ 13, 1849, in Billingsville, 
Franklin County, Indiana. Residence, Cowles, Nebraska Ter- 
ritory. Educated at common schools. Degrees, B. S. and 
LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law and wool grower. 

Samuel Clelland Dodds, born January 29, 1854, in Bloom- 
ington, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiaua. Educated 
at Bloomington high school. Degree, B. S. Occupation, for 
four years book-seller and stationer; and since manufacturer 
of furniture, more particularly chairs. Deacon in the Walnut 
Street Presbyterian Church, and Superintendent of the Sab- 
bath School. Mr. Dodds married Miss Nellie Winters, of 
Bloomington. 

Washington C. Duncan, born June 24, 1851, Marion County, 
Indiana. Residence, Nashville, Indiana. Educated in the 



266 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Brown County common schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation 
and position, student of law at Indiana University, lawyer, 
Prosecuting Attorney of the Ninth Judicial District of Indi- 
ana, member of Legislature, 1886, and one of the Educational 
Committee. 

Lilian May Foland, born, Spartansburg, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated in Terre Haute public 
schools and at Bloomington. Degree, B. S. Occupation and 
position, teaching, assistant teacher in Terre Haute High 
School. 

Joseph E. Henley, born April 21, 1856, Orange County, In- 
diana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Degree, A. B. Oc- 
cupation and position, teacher, attorney at law. City Clerk of 
Bloomington, Indiana, 1879-81, Deputy City Attorney, 1881, 
Professor of Greek and German, Smith's Grove College, Ken- 
tucky, School Superintendent, Shoals, Indiana. 

Nathaniel Usher Hill, born June 21, 1851, Brazil, Indiana. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Ladoga Acad- 
emy and Howard College, Kokomo. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. 
Occupation, attorney at law and banker. Mr. Hill married 
Miss Anna Buskirk, Class 74. 

Edwin Randolph Hitt, born at Vincennes, Indiana, Septem- 
ber 12, 1852. Residence, Vincennes, Indiana. Educated at 
Vincennes University and at Earlham College, 1370-71. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, teaching, Sunday-school Superintend- 
ent. Mr. E. R. Hitt is the youngest son of the late W. W. 
Hitt, M. D., of Vincennes. 

Elizabeth G. Hughes, born at Logansport, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in Oxford Seminary. 
Degrees. A. B., M. S. 'p7rj mcrifo, 1887. Occupation, teaching, 
post-graduate student in Indiana University, 1885, in Depart- 
ment of Biology. 

HiRAxM M. LoGSDEN, boru June 28, 1852, in Spencer County, 
Indiana. Residence, Rockport, Indiana. Educated in Spencer 
County schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, lawyer. 

JaxVies F. McGregor, born May 6, 1848, in Ritchie County, 
West Virginia. Residence, Cory, Indiana. Educated in Mt. 
V^ernon, Indiana. De2:rees, A. B. and B. D. from Drew Theo- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 267 

logical Seminary. Occupation and position, student of theol- 
ogy : minister in Methodist Episcopal Church. 

John McGregor, born December 9, 1853, in Switzerland 
County, Indiana. Residence, Madison, Indiana. Educated in 
Jennings County common schools and Friends' Academy. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, study and practice of 
law; attorney for City of Madison. 

William J. McLeod, A. B., Gunnison, Colorado. Lawyer. 

Ida Elizabeth (Woodburn) McMillan, born October 21, in 
Bloomington. Residence, Monmouth, Illinois. Educated in 
Bloomington High School. Married Prof. J. H. McMillan, 
Class 74^^ 

Silvester Alonzo Montgomery, born December 13, 1850, in 
Lincoln County, Tennessee. Died March 10, 1881, near Carmi, 
Illinois. Educated by his father, Rev. Mr. Montgomery, and 
at the Enfield (Illinois) School. Occupation, teacher at Gray- 
ville, Illinois. Was School Superintendent. A member of the 
United Presbyterian Church. 

John Benoni Morrison, born October 31, 1851, in Salem, In- 
diana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated in Indi- 
anapolis High School and Earlham College, Indiana. Degrees, 
B. S., and from Philadelphia Dental College, D. D. S. Occu- 
pation and position, study of dentistry at Knightstown and at 
Philadelphia ; practice of dentistry at, and Professor of Clini- 
cal Dentistry in, Indiana Dental College, Indianapolis. Val- 
edictorian of Class of '79, Philadelphia Dental College. 

Raymond Nave. A. B. Attica, Indiana. Lawyer. 

Francis Marion Parker, born February 13, 1844, in Cumber- 
land County, North Carolina. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. 
Educated at Greene County schools. Degree, B. S. Occupa- 
tion, teaching, land surveying and civil engineering. 

Theodore Frelinghuysen Rose, born December 18, 1849, in 
Fairfield, Indiana. Residence, Muncie, Indiana. Educated at 
public schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, attor- 
ney at law ; City Attorney of Muncie for four years. Mr. Rose 
married Miss Margaret Irene Dodds, daughter of Dr. J. F. 
Doclds, of Bloomington. 



268 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

William W. Spencer, born October 7, 1851, in Jeft'erson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated 
at public schools and Friends' High School, Jennings County, 
Indiana. Degrees, B. S. and LL. B. Occupation, attorney at 
laAv. 

David Frizzell White, born January 11, 1849, in Casey, 
Illinois. Residence, Brookville, Indiana. Educated at Brook- 
ville schools. Degree, B, S. Occupation, practicing law. Mr. 
White has. devoted some time to lecturing on temperance. 

William Stuart Whittingill, born January 16, 1853, in 
Warrick County, Indiana. Residence, Selvin, Indiana.' Ed- 
ucated at high schools of Boonville, Oakland City and Gen- 
tryville. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teaching and attorney at 
law. In 1880 was Republican candidate for Representative, 
and though defeated, ran far ahead of the strength of the 
party in the county. Engaged in the study of social questions 
and political economy. Member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 

James R. Williams, born December 27, 1851, in Burnt Prai- 
rie, White County, Illinois. Residence, Carmi, Illinois. Ed- 
ucated at home and county schools of Carmi and Enfield, Illi- 
nois. Degree, A. B., and from Union College of Law, Chicago, 
LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer: Master in Chancery 
for two years. 

Warren B. Wilson. A. B. Chicago, Illinois. Lawyer. 

1876. ■ 

George Banta, born July 16, 1857, in Covington, Kentucky. 
Residence, Menasha, Wisconsin. Educated at Franklin Acad- 
emy, and Franklin College through Junior year. Degree, 
A. B. Occupation and position, teacher ; law student, 1876-78 ; 
local insurance agent, 1878-81 ; special insurance agent, Na- 
tional Insurance Company, Hartford, 1881-82; special agent 
Standard Fire Insurance Company, of England, till 1884; 
State agent, for State of Wisconsin, for Plienix Fire Insurance 
Company, of Brooklyn, New York ; President of O. A. 0. 
Fraternity, 1880-82 ; editor of " Flying Leaves," a book of 300 
pages of literary selections. Mr. Banta married Ellen Lee 
Pleasants, June 16, 1886. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 269 

Lena (Adams) Beck, born February 20, at Standforcl. Res- 
idence, Bloomingtoii, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington 
High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, for two years a 
teacher; since a wife, mother and housekeeper, having married 
Prof. J. K. Beck. Mrs. Beck is an active and eloquent mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

William Thornton Brannaman, born at Clear Spring, Jack- 
son County, July 15, 1846. Educated at Clear Spring school. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; 
Prosecuting Attorney of the 42d Judicial Circuit of Indiana 
from 1882 to 1885. 

Alice Florine (Richards) Brunson, born February 14, at 
Clear Spring. Residence, Eagletown, Indiana. Educated at 
Clear Spring school. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teaching and 
housewifery. 

John Wilson Burton, born August 3, 1854. Residence, 
Marion, Illinois. Educated in Johnson County public schools 
and at Carbondale. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law ; City Attorney of Carbondale, Illinois ; Mas- 
ter in Chancery for Williamson County, Illinois, and Clerk of 
Appellate Court (1884). 

Charles Thomas Carpenter, born December 9, 1858, at Pal- 
metto, Tennessee. Residence, Oswego, Kansas. Educated at 
Palmetto Academy. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, 
book-keeper and clerk in a store ; now banker (July, 1886) ; 
Assistant Examiner of LaBette County teachers ; deacon in 
Presbyterian Church ; Librarian of American Bible Society. 
Was on one of Professor Jordan's European tramps. 

Harry Whitney Durand, born October 26, 1856, at Rockford, 
Indiana. Residence, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Educated in 
Bloomington schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, teacher ; lawyer ; Secretary of the Chattanooga Methodist 
Episcopal Conference. Mr. Durand is an active worker in the 
temperance cause. 

William Boyer Durborow, born January 1, 1853, in Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania. Residence, Williamsport, Indiana. 
Educated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville. Degree, B. S. 
Occupation, attorney at law. 



270 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Harbert Harrison Edwards, born August 3, 1851, at 
Mitchell, Indiana. Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated at 
Franklin College, Indiana. Degree, B. S.. Indiana University. 
Occupation, dealer in grain. 

Charles Winfield Firebaugh, born in Bucyrus, Ohio. Res- 
idence, Austin, Texas. Educated at Illinois State Normal 
University, ]!^ormal, Illinois. Occupation and position, selling 
hardware in Texas (1881). Member of Presbyterian Church. 

Finley Milligan Foster, born December 1, 1853, in Cedar- 
ville, Ohio. Residence, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. 
Educated in Cedarville (Ohio) High School. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation and position, study of theology and the ministry^ 
pastor of the Bellefontaine Reformed Presbyterian Church. 

Robert Francis Graham, born April 22, 1853, in Richland, 
Indiana. Residence, Greeley, Colorado. Educated at Richland 
Academy. Degrees, A. B. and, from Miami Medical College, 
M. D. Occupation and position, physician; assistant physi- 
cian in Cleveland Hospital for the Insane ; resident physician 
in Cincinnati Hospital, and atterward practiced in Riishville^ 
and now practicing in Greeley, Colorado. 

Samuel Ernest Harwood, born December 20, 1848, near Nash- 
ville, Tennessee. Residence, Attica, Indiana. Educated at 
home ; private school ; Andrew College, Trenton, Tennessee, 
and at Southern Illinois College, Carbondale. Degree, A. B. 
Professor Harwood has been a teacher almost continuously 
since his graduation, and a member of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. He was principal of a seminary at Grand Tower, 
Illinois ; superintendent at Carbondale, Illinois, at Spencer and 
at Attica. He commenced teaching before he was nineteen 
years old. He was eight years in passing through college,, 
earning money by teaching in order to pay his way. Prof. 
Harwood married Miss Carrie E. Howe, of Bloomington, May, 
1878. 

George Theophilus Herrick, born November 24, 1849, in 
Allen County, Indiana. Residence, Wabash, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in public schools and Fort Wayne College, Indiana. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation and position, teacher, county school 
superintendent and attorney-at-law. 

Ole Anna (Willson) Hood, born in Bloomington, Indiana. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 271 



Kesideiice, JSTew Castle, Indiana. Educated in Bloomington 
graded schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, for some time a 
teacher in the graded schools of Bloomington. Married Rev. 
Mr. Hood (Class '81), pastor of the Preshyterian Church, 
New Castle, Indiana. 

Flora Caroline Kendall, born January 13, in Galesburg, 
Illinois. Residence, Oakland, California. Educated at public 
schools, Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois, and Smithson 
College, Logansport, Indiana. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., jyro 
merifo. Teaching in the public schools. Professor of music, 
Oakland, California. 

John Isaac McLaughlin, born June 8, 1849, in Senecaville, 
Ohio. Residence, Solsberry, Indiana. Educated at Solsberry 
district school and Bloomington High School. Degree, A. B., 
and B. D. at Garret Biblical Institute. Occupation and posi- 
tion, teaching and studying Tbeology ; Principal of Bloomiield 
High School ; minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Perry George Michener, Ihu-u September 15, 1852, in Con- 
nersville, Indiana. Residence, Connersville, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Fayette County schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, 
lawyer. A teacher for two years previous. 

Henry Clay Montgomery, born July 4, 1852, in Marshall 
County, Tennessee Died December 18, 1878. Educated at Pal- 
metto Academy, Tennessee. Degree, A. B. Occupation, man- 
ager of the hardware house of Montgomery Bros. 

Edgar Allen Shields, born July 9, 1853, in Paddy's Run, 
Butler County, Ohio. Residence, Muncie, Indiana. Educated 
at Indiana University Peparatory Department. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M., pro merito. From JeiFerson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, M. D., in 1880. Occupation, physician. Ap- 
pointed, January, 1877, member of the Pension Board of Ex- 
amining Surgeons, at Muncie, Indiana. Married Miss F. May 
Barbour, September 6, 1880. 

Newton Broadus Smith, born July 19, 1851, in Jefferson 
County, Kentucky. Residence, Kokomo, Indiana. Educated 
at Howard County common schools, Williamstown graded 
school, and student at Howard College, Kokomo. Degree, A. 
B. Occupation and position, student of law, Indiana Univer- 



272 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

sity, and, also, at Virginia University ; attorney at law ; a mem- 
ber of the Christian Church, an advocate of temperance, and 
a Democrat. 

Ida May (Parks) Walker, born in Bedford Indiana. Resi- 
dence, San Buena Ventura, California, Educated at Bedford 
and Franklin schools. Degree, B. S. Married John A. Walker, 
Cashier of Ventura Bank, December 31, 1877. 

Flora (Bryan) Weir, born April 24, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 
vania. Residence, New Castle, Indiana, 1889, formerly of 
Leavenworth and Baxter Springs. Educated in the Blooming- 
ton public schools. Degree, A. B. Class Historian of 1876. 
Miss Bryan married Mr. J. Crawford Weir, a student, but not 
a graduate of the University. Mr. Weir is now (1889) Super- 
intendent of the New Castle schools. 

James Albert Woodburn, A. M. See Faculty list. 

Samuel Brown Wylie, M. S. See Faculty list. 

John Alfred Beck, born February 4, 1850, Beck's Mill, In- 
diana. Residence, Beck's Mill, Indiana. Educated in the pub- 
lic schools and Professor May's Academy, Salem, Indiana. 
Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, teacher. Superintend- 
ent of the schools of AVashington County, 1882. 

Benjamin Franklin Bennett, born May 31, 1854, Adams, In- 
diana. Residence, Greensburg, Indiana. Educated in the dis- 
trict schools and Greensburg High School. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, studying and practicing law. 

Andrew Spence Dickey, born September 7, 1850, Fayette 
County, Indiana. Residence, Tipton, Indiana. Educated in 
the Tipton public schools and Waveland Academy. Degree, 
A. B., and from the Central College of Physicians, Indianapo- 
lis, M. D. Occupation and position, teacher in the Tipton 
schools 1877-78, physician and surgeon, elder in the United 
Presbyterian Bethsaida Church. 

Allan Cathcart Durborow, Jr., born November 10, 1857, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Residence, Chicago, Illinois. Ed- 
ucated in the Williamsport High School, for two years at the 
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, and three years at the Indiana 
University. Degree, A. B. Occupation, mercantile pursuits, 
represented the Athenian Society as anniversary orator, 1876. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 273 

Albert Dickson Gourley, born November 18, 1853, Bloom- 
ington, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Edncated 
in the county public schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, farm- 
ing, teaching occasionally and at present, 1886, of the lirm of 
Bal dredge & Gourley, millers. 

Richard Butler Hawkins, born November 19, 1855, New- 
port, Kentucky. Residence, Louisville, Kentucky. Educated 
in the Newport public schools. Degree, A. B., and from Cin- 
cinnati Law School, LL. B. Occupation, lawyer. 

Orrin Zeigler Hubbell, born March 30, 1856, Kelso, Hunt- 
ington County, Indiana. Residence, Butler, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in the Butler graded schools. Degree, A. B. Occupa- 
tion and position, teacher and lawyer. Superintendent Butler 
graded schools. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thirty-fifth 
Judicial Indiana Circuit, author of a number of addresses, re- 
ported and published in full. 

Robert J. Kirkwood, born October 13, 1854, Madison, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Washington, D. C. Educated in the district 
schools and Hanover College. Degree, A. B. Occupation, a 
manufacturer, in employment of the United States, student in 
the National Law School, Washington, D. C. 

Samuel Harvey Mitchell, born July 7, 1846, in Washing- 
ton County, Indiana. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated 
in Tampico graded schools, Prof. May's graded school, Salem. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation and position. Principal of Hardins- 
burg graded schools, minister in Christian Church, 1879-81 • 
lawyer; two terms member of the Indiana Legislature. From 
1869 Mr. Mitchell, by mechanical work and teaching, procured 
the means for obtaining a collegiate education. 

David Benton Pierson, born October 29, 1854, in Frazeys- 
burg, Ohio. Died March 7, 1877, at Bloomington, Indiana. 
Educated at home by an elder brother. In consideration of 
Mr. Pierson's diligence as a student, though dying before com- 
mencement, his name was enrolled among the alumni. Mr. 
Pierson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch. 

Charles Richardson, born July 19, 1853, near Columbus, In- 
diana. Residence, Plymouth, Indiana. Educated in Plymouth 
'high school. Degree, A. B. Occupation, special agent and 
adjuster for fire insurance company. 



274 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Joseph Boston Roddy, born February 10, 1834, in Chester 
District, South Carolina. Died in Bloomington, Indiana, Sep- 
tember, 1879. Educated in Monroe County schools. Degree, 
A. B. Occupation and position, a teacher; Captain, Thirty- 
first Regiment, Indiana Volunteers; was wounded at Resaca, 
Georgia. Was an elder in the United Presbyterian Church at 
the time of his death. Mr. Roddy entered Indiana University 
in 1860 ; left to go to the war in 1861 ; served until its close, in 
1864. Commenced farming, but by reason of his wound he 
was compelled to leave the farm. He then entered the Uni- 
versity to prepare for teaching. Mr. Roddy married Mary 
Harbison, March, 1867. 

Ellsavorth Saddler, born October 18, 18.58, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated 
in the Monroe County schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation. 
attorney-at-law. 

Warren Carnahan Sherman, born September 2, 18.35, in 
Mount Pleasant, Indiana. Residence, Rossville, Kansas. Ed- 
ucated in Washington, Indiana, schools, Degree, A. B. Occu- 
pation and position, attorney-at-law, Deputy Prosecuting At- 
torney for Shawnee County, Kansas ; merchant, dealer in heavy 
hardware implements. Canvassed part of Kansas in the inter- 
est of the })i'oliibitory law, speaking in Topeka, Manliattan, 
Clay Centre, and also in Indiana. 

Ellis Milligan Sluss, born May 11, 18.56, in Bloomington, 
Indiana. Died January 6, 1887. Educated in public schools, 
Bloomington. Degree, A. B. Occupation, mercantile; sales- 
man in McCallu & Co.'s diy goods house, Bloomington, and 
afterward in the house of Marshal Field, Chicago, Illinois. 

Richard Dennis Speck, born June 21, 1858, in Wyandotte, 
Kansas. Residence, Wyandotte, Kansas. Educated in Wyan- 
dotte High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, clerk in the 
ticket agent ofiice of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Mr. Speck 
married Miss Mary Fletcher, June 30, 1885. 

William Lambern Taylor, born July 16, 1850, in Wolcott- 
ville, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated at 
Wolcottville Seminary and Hillsdale College, Michigan. De- 
grees, A. B. and, from Central Law School, Indiana, LL. B. 
Occupation, attorney at law. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 275 

Theodorus William John Wylie, Jr., born May 26, 1858, in 
Blooming-ton. Residence, Frankfort, Kentneky (1889). Edu- 
cated in Bloomington graded schools and private school. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation and position, four years in the United 
States Railway Mail Service ; afterward (1882) in the United 
States Land Office, Watertown, Dakota Territory ; in (1884) 
office of the Kentucky Herald., Newport, Kentucky; now, 1889, 
clerk in United States Engineer Office, Frankfort, Kentucky. 
Mr. Wylie married Miss Fanny Thompson, of Newport, Ken- 
tucky, June 28, 1882. 

1878. 

Joseph Addison Arnold, born December 22. 1857, in Colum- 
bus, Indiana. Residence, Columbus, Indiana. Educated at 
Columbus public schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, study of 
law and journalism. Mr. Arnold married Miss Hattie Arwine. 

Enoch Albert Bryan, born May 10, 1855, in Bloomington. 
Residence, Vincennes, Indiana. Educated at home and at the 
public schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., pro rnerito. Occu- 
pation, teaching; Superintendent of the Grayville graded 
schools. At present (1888) Professor of Latin and Greek, and 
President of Vincennes University. 

Henry A. Burtt, born October 8, 1852, in Utica, Indiana. 
Residence, Jeffisrsonville, Indiana. Educated at the Browns- 
boro Academy, Oldham County, Kentucky. Occupation, studied 
law for two years, and attorney at law. Degrees, B. S. and 
LL. B. from the Louisville Law School, 1880. 

Anna (Dennis) Carrier, born at Marshalton, Pennsylvania, 
December 20th. Degree, A. B. Educated at Westchester, 
Pennsylvania, and at Poughkeepsie, New York. Degree, A. 

B. Occupation, a teacher for three years. Married to Rev. A. 

C. Carrier, of Chicago Northwestern Seminary, July 16, 1885. 
Mrs. Carrier spent a year in Berlin, Germany, with her hus- 
band. 

Dale J. Crickenberc4Er, born December 31, 1855, in Harris- 
burg, Virginia. Residence, Anderson, Indiana. Degree, B. S. 
Occupation, attorney at law and Deputy Secretary of State. 

Flora Dillon, born in Jasper County, Indiana. Residence, 
Bloomington. Education, Bloomington High School. Occu- 



276 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

pation, dentistry. Miss Dillon studied, her profession at the 
Tennessee Medical College, and in the dental department took 
the degree D. J). S. She is at present (1890) a successful prac- 
titioner in Bloomington. 

David Hume Ellison, born October 7, 1851, near Leesville, 
Indiana. Residence, Leesville, Indiana. Educated in the Lees- 
ville High School. Degree, B. S. Occupation and position, 
Principal of Leesville High School. Mr. Ellison (1889) is 
.Superintendent of the Mitchell schools. 

James C. Floyd, born November 14, 185*, St. Paul, Indiana. 
Pesidence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated in the public 
•schools of St. Paul and Moore's Hill College. Degree, A. B. 
■Occupation, for some time a piano tuner, afterward entry clerk. 
A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Alexander Gwyn Foster, born September 21, 1858, Evans- 
ville, Indiana. Residence, El Paso, Texas. Educated in Brook- 
Ivn, New York, Polytechnic Institute. Degrees, A. B., A. M. 
and LL. B. from Law School in Indianapolis. Mr. Foster de- 
livered a })oem before the O. A. 0. Convention Octol)er, 1880. 

Henry Anderson Lee, born November 19, 1854, Hamilton 
County, Indiana. Residence, Detroit, Michigan. Educated in 
the district schools and Anderson Select School, of which Mr; 
Joseph Franklin was Principal. Degree, A. B. Occupation 
:and position, student of law, editor of a county paper, the 
Bex>ubUcan Ledger, for a year, then returned to the practice of 
law. 

Simpson Lowe, l)orn December 15, 1854, neai; Harrodsl)urg, 
Monroe County, Indiana. Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated- at Harrodsburg school. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
teaching and practice of law ; Prosecuting Attorney in 1886 ; 
reelected, 1888. 

Sophie Hortense Luzadder, born at Dover Hill. Residence, 
Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at graded and high schools, 
Bloomington. Degree, A. B. Occupatian, teacher in the com- 
mon and graded schools; also, in the Sunday School. 

Miles Robert McClaskey, born July 2, 1852, in Lagrange. 
Residence, Lagrange, Indiana. Educated at Lagrange High 
School and Preparatory Department Indiana L^niversity. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, teacher, traveling agent and farmer. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 277 

Lucie Alice Maxwell, l)orii in Blooiuiugtoii, Residence, 
Blooming-ton, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington graded 
schools. Degree, A. B. Assistant in the libraiy of the Uni- 
versity. 

Louis Munson, born Februar}- 1.5, 1859, in Mitchell, Indiana. 
Residence, Chicago, Illinois, now (April, 1889) at Banning, 
California. Educated at Mitchell graded schools. Degree, 
A. B. Occupation, teaching, attorney at law, and journalism. 
Mr. Munson went to California as an invalid. He has been 
unable, through disease, to exercise his fine talents in his pro- 
fessicm. 

Leonidas D. Rogers, born May 21, 1858, near Bloomiiigton. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at country school. 
Degrees, A. B. and Master of Accounts from Eastman's Busi- 
ness College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Occupation, com- 
mercial business and insurance agenc}'. 

QuiNCY Short, born iSTovember 12, 1853, near Springville, In- 
diana. Residence, Springville, Indiana. Educated in country 
school. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching, preaching and 
farming. Lawrence County Evangelist of the Christian Church 

in 1882. 

Franklin Pierce Smith, born July 9, 1854, in Salem. Resi- 
dence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated at Salem. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, teaching; Principal bf Salem High School (1882), 
now (1888) Principal of High School, Orleans ; Superintendent 
of the Methodist Sunday School. 

Francis M. Spraker, born February 6, *1850, in Decatur 
County, Indiana. Residence, Logansport, Indiana. Educated 
at Kokomo, Indiana, and Ilartsville University. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, Principal of the Graded Schools, Sardinia, Deca- 
tur County, Indiana, for two years, and afterward Principal of 
the North Side School, Logansport, Indiana. 

Frederick Treudley, born September 24, 1852, in New 
Brighton, Pennsylvania. Residence, Union City, Indiana, now 
(1889) Youngstown, Ohio. Educated at Hiram College, Hiram, 
Ohio. Occupation, teaching, first year after graduation, Elletts- 
ville schools ; second year. Principal of High School, Union 

19 History. 



278 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

City, and since then Superintendent of Public Schools, Union 
City. Mr. Trendley married Miss Mary Moss, of Blooming- 
ton. 

Benjamin Vail, Jr., born June 23, 1854, in Wilmington, In- 
diana. Residence, Washington, D. C. Educated at Aurora, 
Indiana, High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, 
journalist; clerk in the United States Department of the In- 
terior, April, 1881 ; promoted to place of Special Examiner, 
United States Pension Office, February 1, 1882. Author of 
" The Poet's Tribute to Gartield " (published by Moses King, 
Cambridge, Mass.) and other poems. 

Ellen Ward, born March 27, in Winchester, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Winchester, Indiana. Educated in Winchester public 
schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, teacher in 
Kokomo public schools ; member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 

Jeptiia Dudley Whisenand, born February 9, 1855, in Mon- 
roe County, Indiana. Residence, Des Moines, Iowa. Educated 
in llarrodsburg graded schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation 
and position, teacher; Principal of the Valley Mills graded 
schools, Marion County; student of law at Chariton, Iowa, in 
Col. Bartholomew's office ; clerk in First National Bank, Chari- 
ton ; practitioner of law, Des Moines, Iowa. For more than a 
year before removing to Des Moines was a partner of Col, 
BartholomcAV. 

1879. 

David Walter Bell, born August 17, 1858, in Wheeling, 
West Virginia. Residence, Wheeling West Virginia. Edu- 
cated at Poughkeepsie, New York. Degrees, A. B. and A. M. 
Occupation and position, student of law, Columbia College 
Law School, New York City, lawyer. Principal of Ellettsville, 
Indiana, public school before beginning the study of law. 

Ida Bell (Kenney) Brown, born in Knox County, Missouri. 
Residence, Owensburg, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching. Married Mr. Brown, of 
Owensburg. 

Frederick Eugene Dickenson, born August 31, 1853, in Wol- 
cottville, Indiana. Residence, Wolcottville, Indiana. Edu- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 279 

cated at Wolcottville school. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., pro 
rtierito, 1886, B. D. Chicago Baptist Theological Seminary. In 
1886 ordained to the gospel ministry by a representative coun- 
sel of the Baptist churches, at Lagrange, Indiana. This church 
at Lagrange Mr. Dickenson was instrumental in organizing, 
and is its pastor, (1888). 

Franklin Pierce Foster, born January 8, 1856, in Newton- 
Stuart, Indiana. Residence, Harold, Hughes County, South 
Dakota. Educated at Mitchell, Indiana. Degree, A. B. Occu- 
pation and }»osition, teaching; Principal of the Chesterfield, 
Indiana, graded school, 1883; attorney at law; in 1888 Repre- 
sentative in the State Legislature. 

Charles Harris, born November 1!), 1850, in Albion, Illinois. 
Residence, Oberlin, Ohio. Educated in the Albion public 
schools. Degrees, A. B. and A. M., jyro mcrlto, and from the 
University of Leipsig, German}-, Ph. D. Occupation and po- 
sition, teacher in the Albion schools nntil 1881, and, also. Prin- 
cipal. Since, a student at the University of Leipsig until his 
graduation. Mr. Harris's principal study at Leipsig was Phi- 
lology. On his return, in 1883, he became Professor of Modern 
Language in Vincennes University. In 1886 he was elected 
Professor of German and French in the Normal School of 
Southern Illinois. Now (1887) Professor of German and French 
in Oberlin College, Ohio. Professor Harris married Miss Mary 
Ballantine McCalla, of Bloomington, Indiana. 

Benjamin Franklin Hatfield, born Decendjer 25, 1855, in 
Perry County, Indiana. Residence, Boonville, Warrick Countv, 
Indiana. Educated at high school of Rockjxirt and Prepara- 
tory Department of Indiana University. Degree, A. B., M. D. 
Ohio Medical College, March, 1882. Occupation, physician ; 
practitioner at Velpen, Pike County, Indiana. 

Frank Eckley Hunter, born January 11, 1858, Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, El Paso, Texas, 18S7. Educated in Peru, 
Indiana, Princeton, Indiana, graduated at Bloomington High 
School in 1875. Degree, A. B., and from Central Law School, 
Indianapolis, LL. B., April, 1882. Occupation, attorney at law 
and I'rosecuting Attorney of his district. 

William Jay King, born January 14, 1859, Iloustonville, Lin- 
coln County, Kentucky. Residence, Voorhies, Piatt County, 



280 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Illinois. Educated in the Bloomington schools. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, teaching, publisher of Beebe (Arkansas) Times, at 
present (1883) merchandizing. Mr. King died at Bloomington, 

May, 1889. 

Frederick Pierce Leonard, born at Mt. Vernon, Indiana, 
November, 1, 1858. Residence, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in the public schools of Mt. Vernon. Degree, A. B., Indi- 
ana University, B. L., University of Michigan, 1881. Occupa- 
tion, attorney at law and Prosecuting Attorney in 1886. 

John Edgar McCloskey, born October 23, 1854, at LaGrange, 
Indiana. Residence, LaGrange, Indiana. Educated in the 
LaGrange High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, attorney at law. President of the Addisonian Society of 
LaGrange, Trustee in the First Presbyterian Church. 

Robert Milton Parks, born July 20, 1858, in Bedford, In- 
diana. Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated in Franklin 
(Indiana) High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, student of 
philology; recently (1882) in Harvard University, Cambridge. 
In 1883 a student in the Royal Bavarian University, Munich, 
Germany. 

Early Whitten Poindexter, born Januar}- 8, 1854, in Kecks- 
ville. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. Educated in common 
schools of Martin County, and in the Bedford schools, Law- 
rence County. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, teacher ; 
Superintendent of Schools at Owensburg and at Bloomfield. 
At present Associate Principal of Bloomfield Normal School. 

WooDFiN D. Robinson, born January 27, 1857, in DeWitt 
County, Illinois. Residence, Princeton, Indiana. Educated at 
Owensville, Indiana. Degrees, A. B., Indiana University, and 
LL. B., Michigan University, 1883. Occupation and position. 
Principal of Owensville school for two years ; student of law, 
Virginia University, one session ; County Superintendent of 
Gibson County (1888). 

James P. Stunkard, Jr., born December 31, 1885, in Brazil, 
Indiana. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated in Terre 
Haute High School and Smithson College, Logansport, Indiana. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, student of law under 
Judge B. E. Rhoads, at Terre Haute, in 1880; afterward at- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 281 

tended the Indiana Central Law School, Indianapolis ; was 
admitted to the Terre Haute bar in 1881, and began the prac- 
tice of law in the fall of 1882. 

LiLLiE Harriet (Adams) Telfer, born in Monroe County. 
Residence (1889), Indianapolis. Educated in Bloomington High 
school. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 1879-80, teaching. Miss 
Adams married Rev. Mr. Telfer, of the Methodist Church. 

Mary Helen (Moss) Treudley, born in Zanesville, Ohio. 
Residence, Youngstown, Ohio (1889). Educated in public 
schools and at Ladies' Seminary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, woman's work in general. Miss 
Moss married Professor Treudley, of Class '78. 

Minnie (Coffin) Wallingford, born in Salem, Indiana. 
Residence, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Educated in Blooming- 
ton, Indiana. Degree, B. S. 

1880. 

William Francis Axtell, born December 28, 1855, at Sols- 
berry, Greene County, Indiana. Residence, Washington, Indi- 
ana. Educated in Bloomington High School. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, teacher in the public schools. Principal of Wash- 
ington (Indiana) High School in 1886. Married Miss Kate 
Bollenbacher. 

William Theodore Blair, born May 1, 1856, at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the 
Bloomington public schools. Degree, B. L. Occcupation, 
hardware business, at present, 1885, a dealer in shoes, in 1888 
was elected Auditor of Monroe County. Married Miss Waldron, 
of Bloomington. 

Davis Carpenter Bunten, born in July, 1858, at Terre Haute, 
Indiana. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated in the 
Terre Haute High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, in rail- 
road office, at present, 1883, assistant paymaster of the Van- 
dalia railroad. 

John Price Carr, born 1854, in White County, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Oxford, Indiana. Degree, A. B. Occupation, editor 
and publisher of the Oxford Tribune. 



282 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Cyrus Edgar Davis, born December 17, 1856, in Wasbington 
County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. Educated 
in the schools of Paoli and Salem. Degree, A. B., LL. B. from 
Michigan University. Occupation, lawyer, in partnership with 
his classmate, W. W. Moffett. 

Lincoln Dixon, born February 9, 1860, at Vernon, Indiana. 
Residence, North Vernon, Indiana. Educated at the Jennings 
Academy. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
at law, Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives in the 
Legislature of 1880, reelected Prosecuting Attorney of Scott 
and Jennings Counties, represented the University of Indiana 
at the State and Interstate Oratorical Contest, 1880. 

Lottie Elizabeth Faris, born in Bloomington, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Bloomine:ton, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington 
graded and high schools. Degree, A. B, Occupation, for two 
years after graduation, teaching. 

John Fremont Goddard, born October 2, 1858, in Wilford, 
Indiana. Residence, Greensburg, Indiana. Educated at the 
common schools of Center Grove and Springhill, and Moore's 
Hill College. Degree, A. B. Occupation, farming ; clerk from 
August, 1880, till June, 1881 ; lawj'er, giving special attention 
to claims. 

Harry Gray, born June 14, 1861, in Grayville, Illinois. 
Residence, Grayville, Illinois. Educated at Grayville schools. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, grain merchant until January, 

1882. Since, banker. 

William Harry Hawley, Ijorn April 9, 1858, in College 
Corner, Ohio. Residence, College Corner, Butler County, Ohio. 
Educated at Preparatory Department of Miami University, 
Oxford, Ohio, 1874-76; Monmouth College, 1876-77. Degree, 
A. B., M. D. at Cincinnati Medical College. Practitioner at 
College Corner (1888). 

Kate M. Hight, born in Bloomington, Indiana. Residence, 
Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington graded and 
high schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, teaching; a teacher 
in the Bloomington graded school. 

Hilary Quincy Houghton, born June 16, 1855, in Daviess 
County, Indiana. Residence, Loogootee, Martin County, In- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 283 

diana. Educated at common schools, Daviess County. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Francis Preserved Leavenavorth, born September 3, 1858, at 
Mt. Vernon, Indiana. Residence, Haverford College, Pennsyl- 
vania, 1888. Educated in Mt. Vernon High School. Degrees, A. 
B. and A. M., j9ro merito, 1888, and P. A. (Practical Astronomy), 
University of Virginia. Occupation and position, student un- 
der Professor O. Stone and assistant in the Cincinnati Observ- 
atory. Prof. Stone being made director in the Leander Mc- 
Cormick Observatory, University of Virginia, Mr. Leavenworth 
accompanied him as his assistant, 1882-86. In 1887, Professor 
Leavenworth was chosen Professor of Astronomy in Haverford 
College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. In these positions Pro- 
fessor Leavenworth has done much work in Practical Astron- 
omy. He has computed the orbits and ephemeris of the aster- 
oids 223 and 241, for 1881 and 1884, respectively; he has made 
accurate drawings of the nebula of Orion ; has discovered 270 
nebuhie and nine double stars ; has assisted in the computation 
of the elements of the orbit of Tuttle's comet ; he has assisted 
in the observation of the approximate position of 6,000 stars 
(23° S. D.) In 1881 he made the astronomical observations for 
determining the western and southern boundary of the "Pan- 
handle" of Indian Territory. Professor Leavenworth married 
Miss Jennie C. Campbell, daughter of Professor M. M. Camp- 
bell, of Topeka, October 11, 1883. 

Jennie C. (Campbell) Leavenworth, born at Bloomington. 
Residence, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Educated in the high 
school at Bloomington. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teacher. 
Secretary of the Kansas Historical Society. Married Professor 
Leavenworth. 

William Wiley Moffit, born February 19, 1853, in Owen 
County. Residence, Bloomlield, Indiana. Educated in the 
Spencer High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, lawyer, 
partner of C. E. Davis. 

Ellen Eliza Munson, born in Orleans, Indiana. Residence, 
Mitchell, Indiana. Educated at the Mitchell High School. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, teacher. Principal of 
the Mitchell High School (1888). 

Fannie Caroline (Allen) Palmer, born in Bloomington, In- 



284 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

diaiia. Residence, Columbia City, Missouri. Educated in 
Bloomington graded schools, course of modern classics. De- 
gree, B. L. Miss Allen married Mr. Palmer. 

John Law Patterson, born June 30, 1858, in Terre Haute, 
Indiana. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated in Terre 
Haute public schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, lawyer. 

William Harvey Paynter, born November 11, 1858, in Sa- 
lem, Indiana. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated in Salem 
High School and Professor May's Academy. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, attorney at law ; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for 
the Forty-second Judicial District. Mr. Paynter delivered a 
political speech for Hancock and English at Pekin, Indiana. 

Allen B. Philputt, A. M. See Professors' list. 

Edward Crittenden Simpson, born February 21, 1860, in 
Paoli, Indiana. Residence, Buffalo, Wyoming Territory. Ed- 
ucated in Paoli High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
Deputy in the Clerk's, Treasurer's and Auditor's offices in the 
Paoli Court House. In May, 1881, elected Clerk of Paoli; re- 
elected, 1882. In 1883 appointed assistant under Attorney 
General for Second Congressional District of Indiana. 

Winfield Christian Snyder, born March 4, 1851, at Beck's 
Mill, Indiana. Residence, Salem, Washington County, In- 
diana. Educated at Salem, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Occupa- 
tion and position, teaching for two years ; elected, June 4, 1883, 
County Superintendent of Washington County; previously 
Principal of the Graded Schools. 

William Wesley Spangler. See Professors' list. 

Thomas Beattie Stewart, born October 1, 1854, in Glenwood. 
Residence, San Francisco, California. Educated at Richland 
Academy, Rush County. Degree, A. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, minister of the Gospel ; pastor of the Second United Pres- 
byterian Church, San Francisco. Author of a poem, "The 
Coming Conflict, or a Plea for Prohibition." Also, of poems 
and articles in different periodicals. Mr. Stewart married Miss 
Sarah L. Wylie of Bloomington, June 7, 1883. 

David Lafayette Yandament, born August 29, in Manilla, 
Rush County. Residence, Bainbridge, Indiana. Educated at 
Spencer graded schools. Degrees A. B. Occupation and po- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 285 

sition, teacher until 1882 ; sinoe, a minister of the gospel ; Asso- 
ciate editor of the Christian Witness; Secretary of the Church 
Council. 

Albert Weatherly. A. B. Kansas City, Missouri. Sales- 
man. 

William Henry Wells, born March 9, 1853, in Clark County. 
Residence, Wichita, Kansas. Educated at common schools and 
Preparatory Department of Lexington University, Kentucky. 
Degrees, A. B., M. D. from the University of Louisville, Ken- 
tucky. Occupation and position, teaching ; study and practice 
of medicine ; Principal of the Utica graded schools. In an 
elective course, "The Thesis on the Diseases of Children," by 
Dr. Wells was awarded the iirst prize. 

George W. Woods, born November 9, 1858, in Knightstown. 
Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at the Knightstown schools. 
Degree, B. L. Occupation, lawyer. 

1881. 

Charles Banta, born October 16, 1859, at Franklin, Indiana. 
Present residence, Mt. Vernon, New York, 1889, Postoffice ad- 
dress, No. 67, Wall street, room 24, New York City, N. Y. 
Educated in the Franklin High School. Degree, A. B. Occu- 
pation, law student, taught school in the winter of 1881-82, 
became an insurance agent, in 1886 was appointed Inspector 
for the Phauiix Insurance Company, Brooklyn, and of the Fire 
Association of New York, in 1887, and the Mutual Insurance 
Company of New York, in 1888, and at present (since March 
1, 1889,) Inspector for the Middle States Inspection Bureau, and 
an occasional writer for the Bisurance World. Mr. Banta mar- 
ried Miss Martha Evelyn Graham, of Richland, Indiana, Octo- 
ber 14, 1885, a former student of the University. 

William Edward Beach, born October 8, 1860, at Lafayette. 
Residence, Lafayette, Indiana. Educated in the Lafayette 
public schools and Purdue University. Degree, B. L. Occu- 
pation, heavy hardware business. Married Miss Gertrude Bur- 
nett, of Washington, D. C, on the 20th of December, 1888. 

Charles Albert Burnett, born January 9, 1861, Terre Haute, 
Indiana. Residence, Washington, D. C. Educated in the 
Indianapolis public schools and Terre Haute High School. 



286 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Degrees, A. B. and A. M., pro )ncrito, in 1886. Occupation, 
clerk in the United States Geological Survey and student of 
law in Washington, D. C, where he received the degree, 
LL. B. 

Daniel Green Dubois, born October 25, 1857, Nashville, In- 
diana. Residence, Evanston, Illinois, 1883, Educated in the 
]S'ashville schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching and 
student of theology in Garrett Biblical Institute. 

Robert G. Gillum, born January 22, 1856, at Greenville, 
Augusta County, Virginia. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. 
Educated in Virginia. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching. 
At present (1886) an Instructor in the Indiana State Normal. 

Mary Ballantine (McCalla) Harris, born at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Oberlin, Ohio, 1888. Educated in the 
Bloomington High School. Degree, B. L. Married Professor 
Charles Harris (Class '79), of Oberlin, Ohio. 

Frank Carter Hood, born in 1858, at Greensburg, Indiana. 
Residence, New Castle, Indiana. Educated in the Greensburg 
High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, studied theology in 
seminary at Princeton, New Jersey. Now (1886) pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church in New Castle, Indiana. Mr. Hood mar- 
ried Miss Ole Wilson, of Class '76, Indiana University. 

Horace Addison Hoffman. See professors' list. 

Jacob P. Lindley, born May 28, 1852, near Monrovia, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Bloomington, Illinois. Educated in the West 
Union High School, Monrovia, Friends' Private School at 
Plainfield, the Poplar Ridge Seminary, near Carmel, Indiana, 
the New Providence Academy, Iowa, and also a year at the 
Illinois Industrial University, Champaign, Illinois. Having 
entered the Select Class of Indiana University in 1876, in 1881 
he received the Degree, A. B., and in 1883, LL. B. from Illinois 
WesFeyan University. Occupation and position, attorney at 
law. For the last four years (1886) Professor in the Law De- 
partment in the Wesleyan University. Mr. Lindle}' married 
Sylvia J. Benson. 

Mary Elizabeth Lyon, born at Xenia, Ohio. Residence, 
Fairburg, Illinois. Educated in the common schools. Degrees? 
B. L. and B. S. Occupation, teaching. Position, Principal of 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 287 

Knightstown High School, teacher of natural science in Wan- 
kegan (Illinois) High School, and also at Fairburg (Illinois) 
High School. 

Charles Leslie McKay, born at Appleton, Wisconsin, April 
21, 1855. Died near Cape Constantine, Alaska, April 19, 1883. 
Educated at Appleton Collegiate Institute, Wisconsin. Dr. 
David S. Jordan was his teacher while at this Institution, and 
finding that he had a remarkable talent for learning and a taste 
similar to his own, he took a peculiar interest in him. Under 
this influence young McKay decided to be a naturalist, and, as 
a preparatory step, he entered the N^atural History Department 
of Cornell University. After spending some time at Cornell, 
he became a pupil of his friend. Dr. Jordan, in Butler Univer- 
sity, and afterward in the University of Indiana, in 1879, where 
he graduated in 1881, receiving the degree, B. S. Before 
graduation he acted as assistant to Professor Dudley, of Cor- 
nell, who temporarily occupied the place of Dr. Jordan, then 
in California. In the winter of 1881, he was for a short time 
assistant to the United States Fish Commission. In the spring 
of the same year he received the appointment as Signal Oflicer 
at Nushagak (Fort Alexander), on Bristol Bay, Alaska. He 
graduated with the Class of '81, receiving from the Faculty the 
distinction of " Graduated With Honor." Mr. McKay made 
ichthyology an especial study. He had, before leaving for 
Alaska, nearly ready for publication a monograph of the fresh- 
water sunfishes. An outline of this work was published in the 
proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881, 
with descriptions of three new species, which lie had discovered. 
Mr. McKay left for San Francisco in June, 1881, and proceeded 
directly to Alaska, where he remained at Nushagak, with but a 
single white companion till his death in 1883. The National 
Museum has received from him large collections of birds, fishes, 
plants, minerals, skins and skeletons of mammals and Indian 
reli(;s. On the 17th of April, 1883, Mr. Clark, the agent of the 
Alaska Commercial Company, at ISTushagak, Mr. McKay's only 
white associate during his two years in Alaska, communicated 
the sad news to his father, Mr. Hector McKay. He informed 
his father that he left in company with a native, each of them 
in a single canoe. They passed the night at an Indian village, 
sixteen miles from the station. The next day being stormy, 
they lay over in the village. On the morning of the 19th, as 



288 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

it was calm, they left the village to cross over the bay, a dis- 
tance of twelve miles. When about two-thirds of the way 
across, a strong wind sprang up. Mr. McKay, in his canoe, 
was left behind, and was never seen again. Search was made, 
broken pieces of the canoe were found, his gun and rubber 
boots and other articles were picked up on the beach, about a 
mile from the village they had left in the morning. Thus, in 
the prime of life this young and enthusiastic naturalist was 
suddenly cut off. The above account is taken and abbreviated 
from a notice of Mr. McKay by President David S. Jordan, 
published in the Indiana Student, IS'ovember, 1883, p. 2. 

Fannie Bell Maxwell, born at Bloomington, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Albert Lea, Minnesota. Educated in the Bloomington 
High School. Degree, B. L. Occupation, 1888, teacher of 
French and German, Albert Lea, Minnesota. 

Stephen W. Meade, Jr., born February 14, 1857, at Atlanta, 
Illinois. Residence, Lake Charles, Louisana. Educated in the 
Fort Branch High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation and 
position. Principal of High School, Morgantown, 1881, student 
of law in the office of P. Maier. In 1888 lawyer in Lake Charles, 
Louisiana. 

Edgar Martin Michener, born October 29, 1857, in Fayette 
County, Indiana. Residence, Connersville, Indiana. Educated 
in the district schools and Connersville High School. Degree, 
B. L. Occupation, farming and teaching. 

James Osman Mulky, born September 15,1859, Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Chicago, Illinois. Educated in the Bloom- 
ington graded schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, merchants' 
clerk, 1888, dealer in coal, Chicago, Illinois. 

John Lewis Powers, born May 28, 1858, at Muncie, Indiana. 
Residence, Muncie, Indiana. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
lawyer. 

Alfred Willis Scott, born ISTovember 8, 1856, Fayette 
County, Indiana. Residence, Lincoln, Nebraska. Educated in 
the public schools of Fayette County and Spiceland Academy, 
Henry County. Degree, A. B. Occupation and position, at- 
torney at law, member of the Legislature in 1886, a member of 
the Educational Committee. Married Miss Alice Long, a class 
mate. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 289 

Alice (Long) Scott, born at Columbus. Residence, Lincoln, 
Nebraska. Educatecl in the Columbus High School. Degree, 
A. B. Married Alfred Willis Scott, August 29, 1883. 

John C. Shirk, born March 14, 1858, Brookville, Indiana. 
Residence, Brookville, Indiana, having moved from Petoskey, 
Emmet County, Michigan. Educated at the district schools. 
Degree, B. L. Occupation and position, assistant cashier in 
the Brookville bank till January, 1883. Since, President of 
Petoskey bank. Now, 1888, banker at Brookville. Mr. Shirk 
is a Trustee of the Baptist Church. 

Harry Hamilton Sims, born February 13, 1860, at Utica, 
Clark County. Residence, Jetfersonville, Indiana. Educated 
at Utica. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teacher. In 1888, a 
merchant. One of the Indiana University tourists in 1881. 
Mr. Sims is a member of the Methodist Church. 

Frank Philo Taylor, born December 27, 1859, at Wolcottville. 
Residence, Tulare, California. Educated in the Wolcottville 
High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teacher, student of 
law and in 1883 attorney at law. 

A. Rowland Van Fossen, born June 4, 1856, at Norristown, 
Ohio. Residence, St. Louis, Missouri. Educated in the Hope- 
dale Xormal School, Harrison County, Ohio. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation and position, teaching. Superintendent of Cedar- 
ville public schools. In 1883, stock collector for the Ohio Anti- 
Lic^uor Alliance. Afterward connected with the Midland, pub- 
lished at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1886 a student of theology 
in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Alleghany, 
Pennsylvania. 

Charles Wilbbrforce Wiley, born at Martins Ferry, Bel- 
mont County, Ohio, July 20, 1858. Residence, South Bend, 
Indiana. Educated at Edgerton, Ohio, and at home. Degree, 
A. B. O 'cupation, teaching one year after graduation', after- 
ward studied law, commenced practice of law at Fort Wayne, 
then removed to South Bend. 

Francis Woodard, born May 30, 1853, at Coloma. Res- 
idence, Coloma, Parke County, Indiana. Educated at home 
and Terre Haute. Degree, B. L. Occupation, student in Yale 
College Theological Seminary, in 1888, pastor of a church at 
Gridlev, Illinois. 



290 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Robert Archer Woods, born January 5, 1861, at Princeton, 
Indiana. Residence, Princeton, Indiana. Educated in the 
Princeton graded schools. Degree, B. S. Occupation, student 
of laAV, in 1883, Deputy Clerk of Gibson County, druggist at 
Princeton, Indiana, in 1S88. 

N^ANCY Margaret Woodward, born at Springville. Resi- 
dence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated in the public schools 
of Monroe County. Degree, B. S. Occupation, Principal of 
Martinsville High School. Member of the Methodist Church. 

1882. 

William Hamilton Adams, born in 1860, in Monroe County, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the 
Blooniington graded schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, in 
the dry goods business, partner in the firm of Adams, Hall & 
Company. 

Frederick R. Albertson, l)orn July 2, 1860, at Canton, Indi- 
ana. Died at Bridgeport, Indiana, May 16, 1887. Educated in 
Blue River Academy, near Canton. Degree, A. B. Occupa- 
tion, teaching, nurseryman. 

Hakry Archibald Buerk, born May 8, 1862, at Paoli, Indi- 
ana. Residence, JS^ew Albany, Indiana. Educated in the New 
Albany public schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, in 1883, 
student at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, at- 
torney at law, 1888, New Albany, 

George Washington Cromer, born May 13, 1857, Columbus, 
Indiana. Residence, Muncie, Indiana. Educated in the Pre- 
paratory Department of Wittenburg College. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation and position, student of law and editor' and pro- 
prietor of the Mtmde Times, Prosecuting Attorne}*, Muncie, 
Indiana. 

William James Davis, born February 5, 1856, in Goldsboro, 
North Carolina. Residence, Elizabethtown, Indiana, in 1887. 
Educated in the Sand Creek Seminary at Azalia, Indiana. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, teaching. 

Charles Orton Dubois, born March 29, 1856, in Brown 
County, Indiana. Residence, Nashville, Indiana. Educated in 
tlie Morgantown graded schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 291 

and position, Principal of Ellettsville school, student at Indi- 
ana State ^N'ornial, Terre Haute, farmer in Brown County. 

John H. Foster, born January 31, 18G2, at Evansville. Res- 
idence, Washington, D. C, in 1883. Educated in the Evans- 
ville common schools and private academy. Occupation, 
student of law, Columbian University, D. C. 

Luther Calvin Frame, born April 17, 1856, at Senecaville, 
Ohio. Died at his home in Solsbury, Indiana, July 14, 1886. 
Educated at the school of Mr. Ogg, B. S., Solsberry, and at 
Bloomington High School. Entered University in 1878. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation and position, teaching, elected a 
teacher in the New Albany High School ; after a year's service 
Principal of the Bloomtield High School. This position he 
held till ill health compelled him to return home, and in a few 
weeks he died. As a student, as a teacher and as a Christian, 
Mr. Frame held a high rank. 

Milton Benton Hottel, born May 1, 1860, in Harrison 
County, Ohio. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated in the 
Fredericksburg schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, clerk in 
Fredericksburg and attorney at law. Mr. Hottell married Miss 
Harris, of Salem, in May, 1888. 

Aquila C. Huff, born at Troy, Perry County, August 26, 
1856. Residence, Troy, Perry County, Indiana. Educated in 
the district schools and St. Meinrad. Degree, B. S. Occupa- 
tion, teaching. 

Samuel Hall Kidd, born October 21, 1861, at Princeton. 
Residence, Princeton, Indiana. Educated in the Princeton 
High School. Degree, B. L. Occupation, lawyer. Married 
Miss Minnie Moore, of Indianapolis in 1888. 

Harriett Paine Moss, born at Zanesville, Ohio. Residence, 
Chicago, Illinois. Educated in Philadelphia and Chicago. De- 
gree, B. L. At present, 1883, studying music. 

Frank Lewis Mulky, born June 8, 1863, Bloomington, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Leavenworth, Indiana. Educated in the 
Bloomington graded schools and high school. Degree, B. L. 
Occupation, teaching, General Agent of the ^tna Life Insur- 
ance Company, in 1888, Leavenworth, Indiana. 

Alexander F. Olinger, born May 20, 1855, Harrison County, 



292 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Indiana. Residence, New Middleton, Harrison County, Indi- 
ana. Educated at the common schools of Harrison County. 
Degree, B. L. Occupation, teacher, author of a school chart, 
presenting a new method of teaching fractions. 

Beatrice Olivia Sanders, born June 29, at Quincy, Resi- 
dence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the Bloomington 
High School. Degree, B. L. Occupation, teaching. A mem- 
ber of the Baptist Church. 

Alice Carrie Short, residence, Vincennes, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in the Vincennes University. Graduate and Valedictor- 
ian. Degree, B. L. Occupation, teacher in Bedford High 
School. In 1888, teacher in graded school, Franklin, Indiana. 

Samuel Edwin Smith, born August 31,1861, Gosport, Indiana. 
Residence, Gosport, Indiana, Educated in the Gosport High 
School. Degree, B. L., M. D. from the University of Louis- 
ville. Occupation, physician. 

John Lafayette Stephenson, born July 29, 1858, at Camp- 
bellsburg, Indiana. Residence, Campbellsburg, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated at Salem, Indiana. Degree, A, B. Occupation, teach- 
ing, farming. Resident graduate at Indiana University in 
1883-84. Married Miss Hattie Martin, of Campbellsburg, Oc- 
tober 30, 1884. 

Ella Alpine (Turner) Lively, born at Bloomington, Indiana. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the Blooming- 
ton schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, teaching. Married 
Mr. David Lively in the spring of 1888. 

1883. 

Benjamin Franklin Adams, Jr., born September 29. 1861, 
in Monroe County. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in the Bloomington public schools. Degree, A. B. Oc- 
cupation, Civil Engineer and merchant. Superintendent of the 
Methodist Sunday School. Married Miss Anna Brant of Par- 
sons, Kansas, daughter of the Rev. J. E. Brant, December 4, 
1888. 

Albert Monroe Adams, born March 29, 1858, in Roekville. 
Indiana. Residence, Roekville, Indiana. Educated in the 
Bloomingdale Academy and Preparatory Department Indiana 
LTniversity. Degree, B. L. Occupation, teaching. 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 293 

Charles McLane Austin, born November 20, 1859, in Morgan- 
town, West Virginia. Residenee, Muncie, Indiana. Educated 
in the Muncie High School, Degree, A. B. Occupation, Prin- 
cipal of the Albany school, Delaware County. 

Sarah (Dillon) Boyle. Degree, A. B. Residence, Blooni- 
ington, Indiana. 

Edwin Cork, born December 31, 1860, in Monroe County, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the 
common scliools. Degree, B. L., and from DePauw University 
LL. B., in 1885. Occupation, teacher for two years, student of 
law, and in 1888 Attorney at Law. 

David A. Curry. (See Faculty list.) 

Jennie (Foster) Curry, born in Rushville. Residence, (1888) 
Xenia, Ohio. Education in the Knightstown High School. 
Degree, B. L. Occupation, teaching in the Bloomington and 
Knightstown public schools. Mrs. Curry was Principal of the 
(Treensburgh High School. Miss Foster married Prof. D. A. 
Curry April 6, 1886. 

O. P. Floyd. Residence, Omaha, Nebraska. Degree, B, L. 
Occupation, merchant. 

Clarence LaRue Goodwin, l»orn December 23, 1859 in War- 
ren County, Kentucky. Residence, Los Angeles, California. 
Education, Henderson (Kentucky) High School and at Butler 
University. Entered the Junior Class of Indiana University. 
Degree B. L. Occupation, teacher one year, studying law at 
Indianapolis, Attorney at Law, reporter on the Indianapols 
Journal and Times. Since August 1886 associate editor of the 
Los Angeles Evening Express. Mr. Goodwin represented the 
Indiana University in the State oratorical contest in 1882, and 
also the Interstate contest the same year. Mr. Goodwin mar- 
ried Harriet A. Kuhn ot Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, Novem- 
ber 17, 1885. 

Elizabeth Long. Residence, Columbus. Degree, B. L. 

JuLiETTA M. Maxwell, born in^Bloomington, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Bloomington, Indiana. Education in the Bloomington 
High School. Degree, B. L. 

Alonzo Dale Moffett, born October 10, 1859, in Owen 
County, Indiana. Residence, White Cloud, Kansas (1887). 

20— History. 



294 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Educated at Spencer schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
eacher. Position, Superintendent of Tipton public schools, 
1884-85 ; Bowling Green schools, 1885-86 ; White Cloud, Kan- 
sas, 1886. Returned to the University in 1888, and in 1889 re- 
ceived the degree, A. M.,}yro merito. Mr. Moffett married Hes- 
ter Alverson, of Spencer, Indiana. 

Araminta Elizabeth Sims, born Greentown, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Utica, Clark County, Indiana. Educated at Utica 
schools and Greentown schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, 
teaching. 

Kate S. Snyder, born Rockport, Indiana. Residence, Rock- 
port, Indiana. Educated at Rockport. Degree, A. B. Occu- 
pation, for some time after graduation, teaching. In 1885, a 
student of medicine, Michigan University, Ann Arbor. 

William Halleck Snyder, born March 1, 1859, Rockport, 
Indiana. Residence, Rockport, Indiana. Educated at Rock- 
port schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching. January, 
1886, a student of Medicine at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

Ida (Smell) Spangler, born in Muncie, Indiana. Died 
August 12, 1888, at Tacoma, Washington Territory. Educated 
at Muncie schools. Degree, A. B. Married Mr. W. W. 
Spangler, Lil)rarian Indiana University, June 10, 1885, whom 
she assisted in his work. She visited Europe twice, once in 
the summer of 1883, and the second time in 1888. On a tour 
with her husband to the Paciiic, she was taken with typhoid 
fever and died in the twenty-seventh year of her age, having 
been married about three years. Mrs. Spangler, when a stu- 
dent, was exemplary in every respect — diligent, punctual and 
successful in the aquisitioii of knowledge. About a year be- 
fore her death she connected herself with the Presbyterian 
Churcli, in Bloomington, under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. 
Minton. 

Robert Scott Stevenson, born January 15, 1859, Bellefon- 
taine, 0. Residence, Madison, D. T. Educated in Cambridge 
City High Schools. Degree, ,A. B. Occupation, student of 
theology in Chicago Theological Seminar3\ N'ow (1889), and 
since 1886, pastor of a Presbyterian church in Madison, S. D. 
Married Kate Hoover, of Bloomington, Ind. 

Joseph Swain. See Professor's List. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 295 



1884. 

James Reuben Beckett, born March 8, 1861, Daviess County, 
Residence, Washington, Indiana. Educated at Washington 
High Schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, lawyer. After 
graduating he lived for three years on the Kansas frontier. 
Returned to Washington in the fall of 1888, 

Oscar Edwin Bradfute, born January 21, 1862, Meadow's 
Brook, near Cedarville, 0. Residence, Cedarville, 0. Edu- 
cated at district schools. Degree, B. A. Occupation, farming 
and stock raising. Mr. Bradfute, in the fall of 1888, was 
elected by the county a member of the Board of the Agricul- 
tural Society of Greene County. Mr. Bradfute is a member of 
the United Presbyterian Church and Sabbath school superin- 
tendent. 

William Julian Bryan. See Faculty List. 

Harry B. Burnett, born September 10, 1861, Vincennes. 
Residence, Cleveland, .0. Educated at Vincennes University. 
Degree, B. L. (Indiana University). Occupation, teaching for 
short time. Studied law at Indianapolis, 1885-86. Engaged 
in real estate business at Minneapolis. In 1888 came to Cleve- 
land and commenced dealing in lumber. In the fall of* 1886 
was stenographer to the Republican State Central Committee, 
Indianapolis. 

Percy Benton Burnett. See Faculty List. 

Philip Kearney Buskirk, born September 11, 1862, in 
Bloomington. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated 
at Bloomington schools and at Racine, College, Racine, Wis- 
consin. Afterwards entered Indiana University. Degree, B. 
L. Occupation, for some time a hardware merchant, studied 
law; now, (1889), attorney at law and Vice-President of the 
First National Bank, Bloomington. 

Silas Delmar Conger, born November 23, 1855, in Salem 
Centre, Indiana. Residence, Holdrege, Nebraska. Degree, 
B. A. Occupation, student of theology in Northwestern Theo- 
logical Seminary, Chicago. Rev. Mr. Conger was in 1888 
stated supply of a Presbyterian congregation at Holdrege, 
Nebraska, and is now its pastor (1889). Mr. Conger married 
Miss Mary Bardshaw. 



296 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Prudence ( Arnott ) Craig, born in Hanover, Jefferson 
County. Residence, Noblesville, Indiana. Educated at Madison 
public schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, teacher of art ; 
also, a teacher in the [»rimary and High School and principal 
of the New Harmony High SchooL Married October 10, 1889, 
John C. Craig, of Noblesville. 

John Lockwood Gentle, born October 1, 1860, in Southport, 
Indiana. Died January 29, 1889, at Southport. Educated 
at Southport High School. Degree, B. A. Occupation, soon 
after graduation, taught school at Freelandsville. At the time 
of his death Mr. Gentle was a student of theology in Yale 
Theological Seminary, and about to commence the studies of 
the third year. In June, July and August, 1888, he was an 
evangelist in Drummond and Mason, Wisconsin. He had been 
recommended by the Association of the Western District of 
New Haven (Rev. Dr. Harris was the moderator) as a suitable 
candidate for the ministry. When at Minneapolis he was 
prostrated by disease. He was brought home, where for a 
short time he improved. About the beginning of 1889 he 
grew worse and died. A post mortem examination showed 
that his disease was cerebral hemorrhage. 

John Nicholas Huff, born December 5, 1853, near Troy, 
Spencer County. Died at his home March 16, 1887. Educated 
at the district school of his native place, entered the Junior 
Class of the Preparatory Department of Indiana University in 
1877, and the Freshman Class in 1879. On his graduation in 
1884 he received the degree, B. L. Occupation, teaching. His 
first school was at Williamsville, Illinois. He left this on be- 
ing elected Principal of a school in Springfield, Illinois, and af- 
ter a years' service there was transfered to the High School in 
the city of Springfield. Through ill health he was compelled 
to give up his position and return to his home. His strength 
was not equal to his energy, and in a short time he died. 
Death did not find him unprepared. After aftectionately bid- 
ding farewell to each of the members of the family, he de- 
parted this life. Mr. Iluft" was an exemplary member of the 
Baptist Church. 

Oscar Lynn Kelso, born October 10, 1854, in Ireland, In- 
diana. Residence, Richmond, Indiana. Educated at county 
schools and Indiana State Normal, graduatino- in 1879. En- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 297 

tered the Junior Class in 1883. Degree, B. S. Occupation, 
teaching, first as Principal of Anderson High School, and next 
Principal of the Richmond High School. Mr. Kelso married 
Miss Carrie E. Bollenhacher, of Bloomington, Indiana. 

Lewis 0. Leonard, born October 6, 1862, in Smithville, In- 
diana. Residence, Portland, Oregon. Educated at Smithville 
schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, clerk in railroad ofiice. 

1884. 

Frank Lincoln McCoy, born Februarj^ 9, 1862, near Greens- 
burg. Residence, Paxton Block, Omaha, Nebraska. Educated 
at district schools, graduating at Greensburg High School. 
Degree, B. A., and from Cincinnati Law School, LL. B. Occu- 
pation, attorney at law. Commenced study .of law in the 
office of Miller & Gavin, at Greensburg ; completed the study 
at the Cincinnati Law School. Mr. McCoy, after graduating at 
the Indiana University, traveled in Canada and the Eastern 
States. After being admitted to the bar, he moved to Omaha, 
Nebraska, and commenced practice Avith Mr. Olmsted. In 
politics, Mr. McCoy is a Republican; in religion a Presbyte- 
rian, member and Trustee of the Westminster church ; member, 
also, of the College Fraternity, B. 0. 11. 

Seth Euuene Meek, born April 1, 1859, in Hicksville, Ohio. 
Residence, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Educated at Bryan, Ohio, and 
Valparaiso, Indiana. Degree, B. S. Mr. Meek at college was 
a diligent student of Natural History. After graduation he 
was, for a time, an assistant in the Smithsonian Institute, 
Washington, and also in the Academy of Natural Sciences, 
I*hiladelphia ; assistant, also, to the New York Fish Commis- 
sion. In 1885-86, holding a fellowship in Cornell University, 
he continued his studies in that institution. In December, 
1886, he was elected Professor in Eureka College, Illinois, and 
continued there until January, 1888, when he was chosen 
Professor of Biology in Coe College, Iowa. Prof. Meek is the 
autlior of several scientific papers in the proceedings of the 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, and also in the 
Smithsonian publications. He married Miss Ella Emma Tour- 
ner, of Bloomington, Indiana, December 25, 1886. 

John Boyd Miller, born April 12, 1862, in Fayetteville, In- 



298 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

(liana. Residence, Glenwood, Rush County, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at common schools and Fairview Academy. Degree, B. 
L. Occupation, during 1885, traveling; for a time an insur- 
ance agent; in 1886 a student of medicine at Glenwood, In- 
diana. 

Charles Henry Moss, born November 3, 1864, at Worcester, 
Massachusetts. Residence, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1889). 
Educated at the Bloomington schools. Degree, B. A. Occu- 
pation, has been engaged in merchautile pursuits ; at present 
(1889) manager of branch office and warehouse of J. H. Les- 
lie & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Moss married Miss 
Nellie Florence Bates, of Chicago, Illinois, July 5, 1888. 

Adam Carl Patton, born October 4, 1860, at Richland 
Township, Rush County. Residence, Greeley, Weld County, 
Colorado. A graduate of Greensburg High School ; went 
through the Freshman year at Monmouth College, Illinois. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, lawyer. Mr. Patton married Miss 
Nellie Davis, of Greeley, Colorado, February 21, 1889. 

Samuel Gilmore Ramsey, born April 13, 1862, at Fairhavens, 
Ohio. Residence, College Corner, Ohio. Educated at Miami 
Training School, Oxford, Ohio. Degree, B. L. Occupation, 
student in the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, Cincinnati, and 
for some time after in the Cincinnati Business College, and af- 
terward, till 1888, a book-keeper at College Corner, and now 
(1889) a druggist. Mr. Ramsey has been twice elected Town 
Clerk. 

William A. Rawles, born December 24, 1863, at Reming- 
ton, Jasper County. Residence, Sedalia, Missouri. Educated 
at Remington and Bloomington schools. Degree, A. B. Oc- 
cupation, teaching; Principal of Mitchell High School, assist- 
ant in Preparatory Department Indiana University, Principal 
of Vincennes High School. 

David Chambers Stewart, born September 5, 1860, at Bell- 
brook, Ohio. Residence, Morgan street, St. Louis, Missouri. 
Educated at Richland Academy. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
student in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 
Xenia, Ohio. In 1887 licensed to preach. In 1889 pastor of 
United Presbyterian church in St. Louis, Missouri. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 299 



Thomas William Wilson, born October 18, 1860, at New 
Harmony. Residence, New Harmony, Indiana. Educated at 
Posey County schools and Preparatory Department of the 
University. Degree, B. L. Occupation, student in Miami 
Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, receiving therefrom March, 
1887, the degree, M. D. ; now (1889) a practioner of medicine 
in Posey County. Mr. Wilson was a delegate to the Ameri- 
can Medical Association, Cincinnati, June, 1888. 

1885. 

Charles Frederick Bain, born February 25, 1859, at Mar- 
tinsville Indiana. Died April 28, 1887, at Martinsville. Edu- 
cated at Martinsville schools and Preparatory Department In- 
diana University. Degree, B. A. Occupation ; was engaged in 
the study of law at the time of death. 

Mabel Banta, born Franklin, Indiana. Residence, Frank- 
lin, Indiana, (1887). Educated at Franklin High School in 
1881. Degree, A. B. Occupation, a teacher for a year in 
Franklin public school, and for two years Assistant Principal 
in the High School. 

Ira Coleman Batman, born January 20, 1862, at Lawrence 
County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Bedford schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, in 1886, 
a teacher in the High School, Columbia City, Indiana ; in 1887 
practiced law in Grant, Nebraska, his former residence; in 
1888 attorney for the city of Bloomington. Mr. Batman mar- 
ried Miss Mary T. Waldron, of Bloomington. 

Minnie Bell Bryan, born at Bloomington. Residence, 
Bloomington. Educated at Bloomington schools. Degree, B. 
L. Occupation, study and practice of music and painting. 

John Wesley Carr, born December 13, 1859, at Bedford. 
Residence, Anderson, Indiana (1890). Educated in the Greene 
County schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching ; Princi- 
pal of the Bloomington High School ; in 1890 Principal of the 
Anderson schools. Mr. Carr married Rachel Ashcraft, of 
Robinson, Indiana, in 1878. 

Phillmer Day, born September 8, 1856, at North Madison, 
Jefferson County, Indiana. Residence, Vincennes, Indiana 



300 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

(1887). Educated at district schools of Ripley County, and 
High School, Bloomington, Indiana. Degree, A. B. Occupa- 
tion, teaching and preaching ; Principal of Osgood schools ; pas- 
tor of the Baptist Cliurch, Vincennes, Indiana. 

MoREY McKee Dunlap, born July 7, 1860, at Franklin, In- 
diana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at Hope- 
well Academy, near Franklin, Indiana. Degree, B. L. Occu- 
pation, lawyer. In the spring of 1885 represented Indiana 
University in the Inter-Collegiate oratorical contest, in Indian- 
apolis, ranking second in honors. On May 3, 1887, was elected 
Mayor of Bloomington, Indiana. On N'ovember 10, 1885, was 
married to Miss Minnie V. Davis, of Bloomington. 

Edward Churchill Fitch, born May 11, 1862, at Vandalia, 
Illinois. Residence. Albion, Edwards County, Illinois. Edu- 
cated at Albion public schools ; also, a graduate of Evansville 
High School (Latin course) in 1881. Degree, B. L., modern 
classic course. Occupation, student of law (1887 ), County 
Superintendent of Edwards County schools, Illinois (1886-90). 
E. C. Fitch is a popular orator; made Fourth of July orations 
in 1885 and 1886, and also on Memorial Day ; was selected to 
deliver the address at the reunion of Sixty-sixth Illinois Regi- 
ment of Volunteer Veterans, and was elected an honorary 
membei' of that regiment. 

RuFus L. Green. See Professor's List. 

Elmer Ellsworth Griffith, born September 1, 1861, at Ve- 
vay, Indiana. Residence, Frankfort, Indiana. Educated at 
Vevay public schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching; 
Superintendent of Frankfort public school. Delivered an in- 
structive lecture in the college chapel May, 1889, on Erasmus. 

Martin Luther Hoffman, born August 26, 1859, near Au- 
burn, Delvalb County, Indiana. Educated in the district 
school and High School at Auburn, and by private study. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, teacher in the Indianapolis High 
School. Teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1890). 

Mary Edna (Long) Pence. Degree, A. B. Teacher, Colum- 
bus. In 1890 Denver, Colorado. 

James Zwingle Alexander McCaughan, born February 16, 
1864, at Morning Sun, Iowa. Residence, Amboy, Indiana 
(1887). Educated at Morning Sun Academy, Iowa. Degree, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 301 

B. A., Indiana University. Occupation, teaching. In 1890, 
Principal of Amboj Academy. 

William Christopher Mason, born September 25, 1868, at 
Grand View, Indiana. Residence, Rockport, Spencer County, 
Indiana (1887). Educated at Grand View common schools. 
Degree, B. A. Occupation, the study and practice of law. 
Married Octol)er 31, 1886, Anna Hardy, of Rockport, Indiana. 

Dora Belle (Merrifield) Winborn, born at Valparaiso, In- 
diana (1887). Residence, Murfeesboro, North Carolina. Edu- 
cated at Valparaiso High School. Degree, B. L. Occupation, 
since graduation, has been engaged in teaching. 

Wesley Walker Norman, l)orn February 10, 1863, at Hel- 
tonville, Indiana. Residence Aurora, Indiana. Educated at 
Bloomington High School and Preparatory Department of 
University. Degree, B. S. Occupation, teaching; 1885-86 
Principal of Aurora High School ; 1886-87, Principal of Dills- 
lK)rough schools. Now, 1890, a student at Naples, Italy. 

Lucian Rhorer Oakes, born May 3, 1861, at LaPlata, Mis- 
souri. Residence, Topeka, Kansas (1887). Educated at Val- 
paraiso High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, poultry fan- 
.cier until ISbl ; in 1887 State agent for the Novelty Wood 
Works, of Union City, Pennsylvania. 

Kate Norvell Pearson, born December 16 at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Abilene, Kansas (1887). Educated at 
Bloomington graded schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, 
Principal of High School at Bluffton, assistant in the Iligli 
School of Abilene, Kansas. Miss Pearson is a contributor to 
the Neir Moon, a magazine published at Lowell, Massachu- 
setts, and has written some for other periodicals. 

James McBride Philputt, born September 17, 1860, at Flat 
Creek, Bedford County, Tennessee. Residence, New Vork 
(1887). Educated at Campbellsburg, Indiana. Degree, A. B. 
and A.M., -pi'O merito, ISSS. Occu})ation, student of theology 
in the Union Theological Seminary, New Vork (1887 ) ; pastor 
of Church of the Disciples, One Hundred an.d Sixty-ninth 
Street, New Vork. Married Miss Nel lie C. Pettit, of New Vork, 
October, 1888. 

William Harrison Rucker, born January 25, 1861, at Mur- 
freesborougli, Tennessee. Residence, Lawreiiceburg, Indiana. 



302 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Educated at Athens, Alabama. Degree, B. S. Occupation, 
teaching ; Principal of Lawrenceburg High School. Mr. Rucker 
married Miss Blanch Dorman, daughter of the Hon. Frank R. 
Dorman, of the clasa of 1858 (Indiana University). 

Susan Isola (McCaughan) Russel, born December 8, at 
Morning Sun, Iowa. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Morning Sun High School and Academy. Degree, B. 
L. Occupation, housekeeping. Married December 30, 1885, 
Mr. Henry Russel, of Monroe County, Indiana. 

Robert Elmer Scott. Degree, A. B. Teacher, New London. 
1^0 w lawyer at Indianapolis. 

Newton Ramsay Spencer, born March 6, 1855, at Portland 
Mills, Indiana. Residence, Johnson City, Kansas. Educated 
at common schools and Waveland Institute. Degree, A. B. 
Occupation, for a short time a teacher ; afterwards a student 
at law ; admitted to practice at the bar of the Superior Court, 
Marion County, June 29, 1886. Mr. Spencer's father was a 
student, but not a graduate of the University, in 1847-49. No- 
vember 26, 1885, Mr. Spencer married Miss Viola Banks, at 
Greenfield, Indiana. Miss Banks was a student of the Uni- 
versity in 1882-83. 

John Edward Wiley, born April 17, 1856, at Waverly, In- 
diana. Residence, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana (1887). 
Occupation, teaching. Degree, A. B., A. M., pro ynerito, 1889. 
Mr. Wiley is the author of a story entitled, " The Tornado," a 
tale of horror ; also, of an educational book entitled, " Books 
and Reading for Pupils," a graded course of reading. Mr. 
Wiley (1885-89) is one of the teachers in the Preparatory De- 
partment of the University. 

Martha Ella Wilson, born at Bloomington. Residence, 
Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington graded 
schools. Degree, B. L. Occupation, taught school for one 
year. 

Grace Helen Woodburn, born at Bloomington. Residence, 
Bloomington. Educated at Bloomington public schools. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, teacher ; Principal of the New Har- 
mony High School, Posey County, Indiana, in 1885-86, and 
Principal of the High School at Bloomington. Appointed, 
1887. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 303 



1886. 

"Wallace Bruce Campbell, boru June 8, 1857, near Kenny, 
DeWitt County, Illinois. Residence, Roberts, Ford County, 
Illinois. Educated at district schools of Varna, Illinois, and 
Wabash College, Senior Preparatory in 1879 ; Freshman Class 
Indiana University, 1880 ; Sophomore and Junior at Wabash 
College, 1881 and 1882; Senior Class at Ilidiana University, 
graduating B. S. Occupation and position, teaching, study- 
ing law and journalism. Mr. Campbell had charge of the Bot- 
any and Geology in the Ladoga Normal School in the summer 
of 1885. Was assistant in the Botanical Laboratory of Indi- 
ana University under Prof. John C. Branner in the last term 
of 1886. Studied law with White & Humphrey, at Crawfords- 
ville, and was admitted to the bar June 8, 1887. Was elected 
Principal of the Paxton High School in the fall of 1886, but 
resigned soon after on account of ill health. 

May Dillon, born in Ireland, Dubois County, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at Bloomington pub- 
lic schools. Degree, A. B. 

Charles Lincoln Edwards, born December 8, 1863, Oquawka, 
Illinois. Residence, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Educated at 
Lombard University, from which he received the degree B. S. 
Degree B. S. and A. M. in 1887 pro merito. Occupation, stu- 
dent of zoology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Po- 
sition; editor of Scientific Department of Reason^ published in 
Minneapolis. Mr. Edwards' thesis on receiving the degree A. 
M. was the " Efiect of Warmth on the Irritability of the Mus- 
cles and IS'erves of a Frog." In May, 1888, he contributed to 
the Journal of Psychology an article on the " Winter Roosting 
Colonies of Crows;" to the American Naturalist, "The Rela- 
tion of the Pectoral Muscles to the Power of Fliglit in Amer- 
ican Birds," and in the Proceedings of the l^ational Museum, 
along with Dr. Jordan, " A Review of the Tetraodontidae." 

Charles Benjamin Ellis, born March 12, 1863, Bradford. 
Residence, Bradford, Indiana. Educated at Bradford Schools. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, lawj^er, 

Carl H. Eigenmann, born March 9, 1863, Flehkingen, Baden, 
Germany. Residence, San Diego, California. Educated at 



304 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

the priiiuiiy schools of Badeii, German}^; after coining to 
America (May, 1877), at the High School of Rockport. In 1882 
he entered the Freshman Class of the University, and on grad- 
uating received the degree B, S., and in 1887 A. M. jpro merito. 
Occnpation and position. In college Mr. Eigenmann tnrned 
his attention especially to zoology and botany, and on gradu- 
ating he was made acting instructor in these branches. After 
leaving the University he spent a year and a half in Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. On leaving Harvard, 
he studied in the Marine Laboratory at Woods Hole. He then 
went to California and pursued his studies in the Biological 
Laboratory at San Diego. Mr. Eigenmann has contributed a 
number of interesting and important papers to science and 
literature. These contributions are principally ichthyological, 
and are published in the proceedings of diiferent scientiiic 
societies — the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia ; the 
National Museum of the United States; the Annals of the 
New York Academy of Science. Mr. Eigenmann married 
Miss Rosa Smith, August 20, 1887, a helpmeet not only in do- 
mestic economy but in scientific ichthyology. Mrs. Eigenmann 
is a joint contributor with lier luisV)and of scientific papers to 
the periodicals. 

Barton "Warren Everman, born October 24, 1853, at Albia, 
Iowa, Residence, Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, 
Indiana. Educated at Howard College, Kokomo, Indiana. 
Degree, B. S, and A. M., pro merito, 1888. Occupation and po- 
sition, teacher ; Professor of Natural Science in Indiana State 
Normal School; County Superintendent of schools; now Su- 
perintendent of Bird Migration for the District of Indiana and 
Michigan ; assistant in Museum of Indiana University, and 
also in the United States Fish Commission. Professor Ever- 
man is tlie author of a book entitled, " Animal Analysis," for 
use in high schools and colleges ; also, of various scientific pa- 
pers, especially on birds and fishes. Professor Everman mar- 
ried Meadie Hawkins ( Mrs. Meadie Hawkins Everman ), of 
the class of '87, October 24, 1875. 

Charles Benjamin Ellis, born March 12, 1863, at Bradford. 
Residence, Bradford, Indiana. Degree, A. B. (ancient classics). 
Occupation, lawyer. 

Joel Churchill Fitch, born November 29, 1863, at Vanda- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



805 



lia, Illinois. Residence, Albion, Edwards County, Illinois.^ Ed- 
ucated at common schools of Albion, Illinois, and of Evans- 
ville. Degree, A. B. (philosophical course). Occupation, stu- 
dent of hm and lawyer. Married Miss A. Alvaretta Springer, 
a classmate. 

Alice Alvaretta (Springer) Fitch. Degree, B. P. (History). 

Morton William Fordice, born May 26, at Russelville, Put- 
nam County, Indiana. Educated at Russelville schools. De- 
gree, B. S. ( in biology ). Occupation, farmer. 

Joseph Elias Alvin IIeiney, born May 21, 1860, at An- 
drews, Indiana. Residence, Nebraska City, Nebraska. De- 
gree, Ph. B. (course of history— political science). Occupa- 
tion,' teacher ; position. Principal of Rochester High School in 
1886-87, and in Nebraska City High School in 1887. . Mr. 
Heiney married Miss Joanna Painter, of Monrovia, Indiana, 
August 9, 1888. 

Wilson J. McCormick, born February 3, 1861, at (ireens- 
burg, Ohio. Residence, LaGrange, Indiana. Educated at 
Wokotville. Degree, A. B. (ancient classics). Occupation 
and position. School Superintendent at New Harmony ; attor- 
uey at law. Mr. McCormick has delivered many addresses, 
generally on national topics. The Decoration Day address of 
1889 was printed and largely circulated. On the occasion of 
the Centennial of Washington's inauguration the addresses' 
were delivered by Senator J. S. Drake and Mr, McCormick at 
the LaGrange Opera House. 

Jerome McNeil, born September 25, 1857, at Laurel, Cler- 
mont County, Ohio. Residence, Moline, Hlinois. Educated at 
Antioch, College. Degree, B. S. (in biology), Indiana Univer- 
sity. Occupation and position, teaching; Superintendent of 
High School, Moline, Illinois. Mr. McNeil married Alfreda 
Sophia Alderson. 

Kate Milner, born Rockport, Indiana. Residence, Rock- 
port, Spencer County, Indiana. Educated at Rockport High 
School. Degree, A. B. (modern classics). Occupation, teach- 
ing; position. Principal of Rockport High School. 

Charles Newton Peak, born March 9, 1858, in Ripley 
County. Residence, North Vernon, Indiana. Mr. Peak com- 



306 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

pleted liis Preparatory course at Indiana University. Degree, 
Ph. B., Indiana University. Occupation and position, teaching ; 
Principal of New Marion graded schools, two years ; tutor in 
M. H. Coll ; for one term Principal of Aurora High School, 
two years, and Superintendent of the North Vernon schools, 
two years. Mr. Peak married Maggie M. Harper, August 25, 
1887. 

Charles Edgar Sims, horn March 21, 1864, Greentown, How- 
ard County. Residence, Columhus, Ohio. Educated at the 
graded schools of Greentown and Utica. Degree, A. B. (an- 
cient classics) of class, and LL. B. from Louisville Law School. 
Occupation, teaching, student of law and practicing attorney. 

Frank T. Singleton. Ph. B. (History and Political Science). 
Martinsville. 

Alice Alveretta (Springer) Fitch. Ph. B. Wolcottville. 
Viola Curtis Stuckey. B. A. (ancient classics). Lynnville. 

John Carr Wells, born September 17, 1861, Clear Spring, 
Indiana. Residence, Clear Spring, Indiana. Educated one 
year at De Pauw. Degree, A. B. (ancient classics). Occupa- 
tion, attorney at law. Mr. Wells was the winner of the Cob- 
den medal in 1886 at the University. 

Temple West, born May 8, Pike County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Rockport, Indiana. Educated at Rockport Public 
Schools. Degree, Ph. B. Occupation, teaching, for two and 
a half years in Rockport; in Minneapolis city schools, 18^9. 

Joseph Woods Wiley, born July 19, 1860, Boone County. 
Residence, Elizaville, Boone County, Indiana. Educated at 
Antioch. Degree, Ph. B. (History Course). Occupation, 
teaching. Position, Superintendent of public schools, Leba- 
non. Mr. Wiley married Miss Maud Lane, of Lebanon, Indi- 
ana. May 31, 1888. 

1887. 

Ernest Percy Bicknell, born February 23, 1862, Knox 
County. Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at the common 
schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, journalism; before en- 
tering college, a teacher. Mr. Bicknell married Cora B. Scott, 
of Knox County, December 25, 1886. 

Willis Stanley Blatchley, born October 6, 1859, North 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 307 

Madison, Ooiiiiecticut. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated at Bainbridge, graded schools, Putnam County. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, instructor in biology and chemistry, 
Terre Haute High School. Mr. Blatchley married Clara A. 
Fordyce, of Eussellville, Putnam County, May 2, 1882. 

Martha (Wallingford) Cadavell, born in Harrodsburg< 
Residence, Neponset, Hlinois. Educated at graded and High 
Schools of Bloomington. Degree, A. B. Married Mr. Charles 
A. Cadwell, December 22, 1887. 

Alonzo Alvin DeLarme, born April. 13, 1859, Jefferson 
County, Pennsylvania. Residence, Dubois, Clearfield County, 
Pennsylvania. Educated at Mt. Pleasant Classical and Scien- 
tific Institute. Degree, A. B. (Greek Course). Occupation. 
Was pastor of the Baptist Church at Spencer, Indiana, for one 
year; a student in Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester, 
Pennsylvania, for three years; pulpit supply in Grace Baptist 
Churcli, Wilmington, Delaware, and Moderator of Clearfield 
Baptist Association. Before entering the University was prin- 
cipal of Clearfield County ISTormal School. 

Charles Ambrose Dugan, born February 17, 1862, at Se- 
dan, DeKalb County. Educated at Fort Wayne College. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, teaching ; Superintendent of schools 
in Delaware County. 

Mrs. Meadie (Hawkins) Everman, born at Berrien Springs, 
Michigan. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated at 
Butler University, Irvington. Degree, B. A. (course taken. 
Biology). Miss Hawkins married Prof. B. W. Everman, of the 
class of '86. 

William I. Fee, born 1865, at Bloomington. Residence, 
Bloomington. Educated at Bloomington public schools. De- 
gree, A. B. Occupation, farming and the dry-goods business. 

James William Fesler, born September 29, 1864, at Mor- 
gantown. Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at Franklin 
public schools and Franklin College. Degree, A. B. Occupa- 
tion and position, lawyer and Prosecutor. 

Gotthard Waldemar Gorlitz, a German from Herrnhut, 
Saxony. Mr. Gorlitz was for some time since graduation a pas- 
tor of the Lutheran Church, Newark, New Jersey. 



308 HISTORY OF IXDIAXA UNIVERSITY. 

David Kopp Goss, born Xovember 19, 1861, in Monroe 
County, near Gosport. Residence, Lebanon, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at the district schools and the Gosport High School. 
Degree, A. B. Occupation, Sui)erintendent of Lebanon city 
scliools. Mr. Goss married Miss Alice Bell Diven (a student 
of the University), from Anderson, December 26, 1887. 

Cyrus Laurox Hooper, born November 7, 1863, at Rock- 
port. Residence, New Harmony, Indiana, Educated at Illi- 
nois public schools. Degree Ph. B. and A. M., on presentation 
of a thesis, in 1888. Occupation, a teacher; three months in 
Champaign County, Illinois; five months in Wisconsin; Prin- 
cipal of the Spencer schools, and afterward Superintendent of 
the New Harmony school. Mr. Hooper is a writer for various 
periodicals. 

Walter Gresham Hudson, ])orn December 13, 1866, at In- 
dianapolis. Residence, Rockport, Indiana. Educated at Rock- 
])ort High School. Degree, A. B. Occupation, manager of 
the " leading insurance, real estate and loan agency." 

AxDREW MoRTOX Malcolm, borii November 26, 1862, near 
Pittsburgh, Carroll County, Indiana. Residence, Albia, Mon- 
roe County, Iowa. Educated, three years in Wasliington 
Academy. Degree, A. B. Occupation, since graduation, a 
student of theology, and occasionally, teaching. Mr. Malcolm 
married Miss Altha Rose Martin, August 17, 1887. 

Ida May Manley, born August 18, at Bloomington. Resi- 
dence, Bloomington. Educated at graded schools of Bloom- 
ington. Degree, A. B. 

James Austin Mitchell, born March 13, 18o6, at Bridgeton, 
Park County. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated 
at Bloomingdale Academy and Indiana State Normal School, 
class of '82; special student in the University of Michigan, 
1884-86. Degree, A. B., A. M.,pro merifo. Occupation, assist- 
ant in the Prey^aratory Department of the University; Super- 
intendent of the Sunday School of the Presbyterian Church. 
Mr. Mitchell married Mary A. Ilickles, of Terre Haute, June 
20, 1888. Mr. Mitchell engaged in training Normal classes 
during tlie summer vacations. In 1882-84 he was principal of 
South Wabash Academy. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 309 

Robert >*urland, born Mi\\ 10, 1866, New Albany, Iiuliaiia. 
Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated at Bedford Public 
Schools. Degree, A. B, (Modern Language Course). Occupa- 
tion, teaclier. Principal of Bedford Higli School (1887-89). 

Albert Rabb, born February 25, 1863, Fountain County. 
Residence, Indianapolis. Pi(hicated at Common Schools and 
Preparatory Department of the University. Degree, B. A., 
and from the University of ^'irginia, LL. B., in 1889. Occu- 
pation, in 1887-88, teaching; lawyer at Indianapolis (1889). 
Mr. Rabb was Assistant Princijtal in the High School at New 
Castle in 1887-88. 

Elmer Bryan Stewart, born August 16, 1865, Richland. 
Residence, Ricldand. Educated at Richland Academy. De- 
gree,* B. A. Occupation, from 1887 to 1889. Professor of 
Mathematics in Vincennes University; in 1889, Student of 
Theology in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 
Xenia, Ohio. 

Joe Curry Strickland. Degree, A. B., New Marion. 

Ed(;ar Taylor, born at Smitliville May 8, 1866. Residence, 
Smitlivillc. Educated at New Albany Iligh Scliool in 1883. 
Degree, A. B. Occujuition, teaching. Position, Principal of 
the High Scliool at l*aoli and also at Rensselaer. 

Frank M. Walters, born August 30, 1862, Switzerland 
County. Residence, LaI*orte, Indiana. Educated at the County 
Schools of Switzerland County and at Vevay High School. 
Degree, B. A. Occupation, teacher; Principal of Monticello 
Higli School for a year; since that time teacher of Natural 
Science in LaPorte, Indiana. 

Mr. Walters married Miss Jennie K. Horning, a student of 
the University, June 22, 1887. 

Lulu Addie Wilson, born at Bloomington, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in the Bloomington 
Schools. Degree, A. B. Occupation, teaching. Miss Wilson 
is a member of the United Presbyterian Churcli. 



21— History. 



ALUMNI OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT. 



1844. 

Francis Patrick Bradley, born at Newry, Pennsylvania, 
1817. Died in Louisiana about 1876. Degree, LL. B. Occu- 
pation, attorney at law ; practiced at Washington, Indiana. 
Was a volunteer in the army during the Mexican war and 
served on the staff of Colonel J. H. Lane. For several years 
Mr. Bradley was a clerk in the land office of the Trustees of 
the Wabash and Erie canal. He was also a contractor on pub- 
lic works. On the breaking out of the Mexican war he as- 
sisted in raising a company of volunteers who served in the 
regiment of Colonel Lane. Mr. Bradley, in 1850, was married 
to Mary W. Brett. Mrs, Bradley died in 1854, leaving a son 
and a daughter. 

Joseph Blair Carnahan, born in Nicholas County, Ken- 
tucky, 1815. Died at Washington, Indiana, 1848. Was edu- 
cated at the Washington, Indiana, schools. Studied law at 
Indiana University, and received the degree LL. B. Occupa- 
tion, attorney at law. Mr. Carnahan was a successful practi- 
tioner in Southern Indiana. He took an important part in 
politics as a Whig. Was justly noted for his zealous and en- 
ergetic efforts in behalf of the religious, social, moral and 
commercial advancement of the community in which he lived. 
Mr. Carnahan was a member of the Presbyterian Church and 
a popular temperance lecturer. 

John M. Clark. LL. B. Vincennes. 

Clarendon Davisson was born December 10, 1817, Xenia, 
Ohio. Died September 10, 1878, Brighton Island, Georgia. 
Educated at Xenia, Ohio ; attended the Law School of Indiana 
University, and on graduating received the degree LL. B. For 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 311 

two years lie practiced law at Petersburg. Moving to Bloom- 
ington he edited the town paper, The Herald. He was after- 
wards connected with the editorial corps of the Indianapolis 
Journal, Chicago Tribune and St. Louis Democrat. In 1861 he 
was appointed Consul at Bourdeaux, France. When in Bour- 
•deaux he was made an honorary member of the Historical and 
■Geological Society of France. Afterwards he became a mem- 
ber of the Geological and Statistical Society, New York. Mr. 
Davisson, during his consulship, rendered the United States 
Government great service by the influence he had in the south 
of France. It was mainly through him that the war steamers, 
Yeddo and Osacca, built by the Confederates, were prevented 
sailing from France. On Mr. Davisson's return from France 
he went to New Orleans, where he was on the editorial staflp 
•of the New Orleans Republiean, and was connected with the 
Board of Education for two or three years. 

Jonathan K. Kenny. LL. B. Terre Haute. 

1845. 

Samuel Hamilton Buskikk, born January 19, 1820, at New 
Albany. He received his early education at the common 
schools of Bloomington ; attended the University, but did not 
graduate in the Collegiate Department ; from the LaAv Depart- 
ment he received the degree, LL. B., in course, and in 1871, the 
honorary degree, LL. D. ; from 1848 to 1854 he was a member 
of the Legislature ; from 1862-65, Speaker of the House ; in 
1870, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana. 
Judge Buskirk was the author of "Buskirk's Practice." For 
many years he resided in Bloomington. The last years of 
his life were spent in Indianapolis, where he died April 3, 1879. 

Grafton F. Cookerly, born August 18, 1818, at Frederick, 
Maryland. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Educated in 
part at Indiana University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, at- 
torney at law ; twice elected Mayor of Terre Haute ; was a 
member of the Constitutional Convention in 1850, and twice 
elected a member of the Indiana Legislature. 

William B. Hagins, born December 9, 1815, at Winchester, 
Kentucky. Residence, Portland, Jay County, Indiana (1887). 
Educated at private school and self taught. Degree, LL. B. 



312 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Oeeiipatioii, attorney at law, and since the war of the Re- 
bellion, fire insurance agent. Mr. Hagins has held the office 
of I^otary Public, and Justice of the Peace, occasionally ; was 
often called upon to act as Circuit Judge pro tern. Mr. 
Hagins, through disability, was unable to enter the army and 
fight for the Union, of which he was an enthusiastic friend. 
He was a Republican in politics, and a friend and supporter of 
religion. 

Willis Arnold Gorman, born January 12, 1814, near Flem- 
ingsburg, Kentucky. Died May 20, 1876, at St. Paul, Minne- 
sota. Educated at home. Was admitted to the bar about 
1834. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at 
law ; an active politician of the Democratic party ; Represen- 
tative in the Indiana Legislature in 1837 ; member of Congress 
in 1849; re-elected in 1851; in 1853 was appointed b}" Presi- 
dent Pierce the first Governor of Minnesota; in 1857 was a 
delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Minnesota ; was 
Major in tlie Third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in the 
Mexican War, and soon after was made Colonel of the Fourth 
Indiana Regiment ; was engaged in the battles of Buena Vista 
and Huamantla, Atlixco, Puebla, Tlaxcala, El Penol and some 
others ; was militar}^ Governor of the city of Puebla ; in 1861 
was Colonel of the first Minnesota Infantry. For meritorious 
services in the first battle of Bull Run, was made Brigadier 
General, and during the civil war was in the following battles : 
Ball's BlufiF, South Mountain, Antietam ; afterwards was or- 
dered to the Southwest ; returned to St. Paul and practiced as 
City Attorney until his decease. On the 23d of May he was 
buried with civil and military honors. 

John M. Cowen. Frankfort, Indiana. 

James Scott Hester. See Collegiate Department, 1843. 

George H. Munson, Bedford, Indiana. See Collegiate De- 
partment, 1842. 

David K. Smydth, born October 29, 1819, Monroe County, 
Indiana. Died February 18, 1852, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
Educated at the Common Schools and at the University. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law in 
Spencer, Indiana, and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

James Wilson, Crawfordsville, Indiana. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 313 

Samuel Theophylact Wylie. See Collegiate Department, 
year 1843. 

184(3. 

V. M. Bell, Mount Carmel, Illinois. 

Lewis Bollman. See 'Collegiate Department, Class 1831. 

John Darrock, born July 8, 1820, Orange County. Residence, 
Morocco, Newton County, Indiana. Educated at Parke County 
Seminary. Degree, LL. B. Before entering the University he 
studied law in the office of Howard & Wright, in Rockville, 
for two years. Occupation, practiced law in Parke County for 
about two years, and since has been farming. Mr. Darrock 
was appointed Swamp Land Commissioner of Jasper County, 
and after holding this office eighteen months resigned. On 
January 18, 1844, Mr. Darrock married Caroline, daughter of 
Austin M. Puett, of Parke County, by whom he had six chil- 
dren, five sons and one daughter. Mrs. Darrock died July 2, 
1853. On the 18th of October, 1855, he married Cecelia M., 
daughter of Benjamin Henkle, by whom he has had thirteen 
children, six sons and seven daughters, ten of whom are now 
living (1887). Mrs. Cecelia Darrock died January 17, 1878. 

Alexander McClelland, born January 1, 1800, County 
Derry, Ireland. Died September 8, 1876, Monroe County. 
Educated in Ireland. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, merchant 
and book-keeper. Mr. McClelland served during the Mexican 
War in the Commissary Department. 

T. R. OsBORN, LL. B., Danville, Illinois. 

Isaac A. Rice, LL. B., Waveland, Indiana. 

Henry Tanner. See Collegiate Department, Class 1842. 

1847. 

Nathaniel Timothy Hauser, born March 8, 1822, near Salem, 
in Stokes (now Forsythe) County, North Carolina. Mr. Hau- 
ser's present residence (1883) is Glenco, McLeod County, Min- 
nesota. Educated at the common schools of Stokes County, 
and in jart at the Moravian Academy, Salem, North Carolina. 
Leaving North Carolina when about 12 years old, and coming 
with his parents to Indiana, when schools were few and far 



814 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

between, he educated himself, till he entered the Law Depart- 
ment of the University, from which he received the degree LL. 
B. Since graduation he has practiced law and farmed on a 
small scale. From 1856 to 1860 he was Judge of Common 
Pleas in Bartholomew County. Was a private in a hastily or- 
ganized company to oppose the " Morgan Raid " in Southern 
Indiana. During the war of the rebellion he was a war Dem- 
ocrat, su})porting the cause of the Union unconditionally. Mr. 
Ilauser was a Master Mason of the third degree and afterwards 
a Royal Arch Mason. Is a member of the church of his par- 
ents, the Moravian. In July, 1864, Mr, Hauser removed from 
Bartholomew County to Minnesota. 

Milton Hight, born February 7, 1823, Blooniington, Indi- 
ana, where he resided till the time of his death, November 3, 
1887. Educated at the Bloomington schools and Collegiate 
Department of the University. Entered the Law School and 
received the degree LL. B. Occupation and position : For 
some years a merchant, afterwards a miller; was also a Justice 
of the Peace, and Treasurer of the University for some time, 
and a school trustee. Mr. Ilight married Miss Sarah McCalla, 
of Bloomington. 

Daniel Carey Stover, born Nevember 18, 1822, Botetourt 
Court House, Virginia. Residence, Ladoga, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Wabash College. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, lawyer; Indiana State agent, 1859-61; in 1851 mem- 
licr of Indiana Legislature; on the committee that revised the 
statutes of Indiana, 1852; Elder in the Christian Church since 
1847; President of Indiana State Christian Ministerial Asso- 
ciation ; organized a Christian Churcli in Denver, Colorado. 

Barton W. Wilson. See Collegiate Department, Class 1845. 

1848. 

A. H. Evans. Delphi. 

Morton Craig Hunter, born February 5, 1825, Versailles, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at Ver- 
sailles and Wilmington, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation 
and position, lawyer, member of Indiana Legislature, Repre- 
sentative in Congress, Colonel in the army. Brevet General ; 
was in all the battles under General Thomas from Stone River 



HISTORY or INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 315 

to Cliicaniauga, and from thence with General Sherman in all 
his battles to the close of the war, including his march to the 
sea. Shortly l>efore the severe iUness with which General 
Hunter was afflicted he was widely spoken of as the Republi- 
can candidate for Governor of Indiana. General Hunter mar- 
ried Miss Adeline Labertew, of lilooniington. 

D. C Lane. LL. B. Indianapolis. 

John G. McCallum. LL. B. Switzerland County. 

W. K. Tarish, LL. B., Elizabethtown. 

Larkin Reynolds, born October 19, 1823, Mooresville, In- 
diana. Died August 13, 1855, Bloomington, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in Common Schools. Degree, LL. B. Occu|)ation^ 
attorney at law. Member of Methodist Episcopal Church. 

GusTAVUS II. Voss, born in 1821, Cincinnati, Ohio. Died at 
Indianapolis March 11, 1883. Educated at Woodward College,. 
Cincinnati. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, prac- 
ticed law at Palestine, Indiana, thence removed to Noblesville, 
where he served as District Attorney. In 1868 he moved to 
Indianapolis, and was a member of the law lirm of Ray, Voss, 
Davis & Ilolman, until within two years of his decease. He 
was the proprietor of a tine stock farm in Hamilton County. 

1849. 

Frederick T. Brown, a native of Bloomington. Residence, 
Greencastle. Educated in the Common Schools and at Mr. 
Cornelius Pering's Academy in Bloomington. Degree, LL. B. 

Occu})ation and position, attorney at law. Prosecuting Attor- 
ney and Judge. 

T. II. Bruner, LL. B., Ripon, Kansas, formerly of Princeton, 
Indiana. 

William Wellington Carson was born in County Mayo, 
Ireland, of Cromwellian stock. His father was hospital ser- 
geant of the North Mayo Militia. He was quite young when 
he emigrated with his parents to Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. 
He received his early education in Cana<la. After removing 
to Fort Wayne in 1840 he took an irregular classical course in 
Mr. McJunkin's School. He afterwards engaged in teaching, 



316 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

and at the same time studied law. Being admitted to the har, 
he commenced the practice of liis profession at Decatur, 
Adams Count}^ in 1846. He at the same time acted as Deputy 
Clerk and Recorder under the Hon. Samuel L. Rugg. To per- 
fect himself in his profession, he attended the Law School of 
Indiana University in 1848-49, under the Professors Judge 
McDonald and Judge Otto. Leaving Decatur, he returned to 
Fort Wayne, and Avas elected Prosecuting Attorney. In 1850 
he was appointed City Attorney of Fort Wayne, which posi- 
tion he held till 1857. In 1858 he was nominated by the 
Democratic party for Judge, but was defeated. In 1860 he 
was County Attorney during the construction of the present 
court house. In 1864 he was elected State Senator, and re- 
elected in 1866, and resigned in 1869 ; when, in company with 
his family he visited Europe. Mr. Carson made a good record 
while a Senator. He was the author of the constitutional 
amendment in relation to the Wabash & Erie Canal, and of the 
act of 1867 for the incorporation of cities. He voted for the 
bill presented by Judge Hughes, which made an appropriation 
of eight thousand dollars to the University. In 1870 he was 
elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the counties 
of Adams, Allen, Huntington and Wells. In 1875 he was ap- 
pointed Judge of the Judicial District, vacated by the resigna- 
tion of Judge Lowry. On the expiration of the term he 
resumed the practice of law. 

James Aslin Elston, boi-n September 24, 1828. Died No- 
vember 8, 1849. Mr. Elston was a graduate of Wabash Col- 
lege in 1846. In 1849 received the degree of LL. B. from In- 
diana Universit}'. At the time of his death he had just com- 
menced the practice of law. 

John Greer, born at Dayton, Ohio, October 21, 1828. Resi- 
dence, Topeka, Kansas, (1885.) Graduated in 1849. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law and editor of the 
Topeka Tribune. From 1861-'66 was a member of the last 
Territorial Legislature of Kansas, and of the Wyandotte Con- 
stitutional Convention that formed the present Constitution 
of Kansas, and Consul to Mexico from 1869-'71. Mr. Greer 
was in the battle of Little Blue, Mo , and was severely 
wounded. The battle was fought October 22, 1864. Mr. Greer 
has lectured extensively on various subjects, such as Agricul- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 317 

ture, Horticulture, Temperauce, The Forces of Nature and 
Evolutiou. 

David W. LaFollet'ie, LL, B. See professors' list. 

Murray, LL. B., Viuceunes. 

William 0. Wilson, V)oru jSTovember 22, 1827, at Craw- 
fordsville, his residence (1882.) lie graduated with high 
honor at Wabash College and received the degree A. B. in 
1847, and A. M. in 1873. Mr Wilson was admitted to the 
practice of law in the Firs^t Circuit Court of Indiana, Janu- 
ary, 1849. This same year he attended the Law School of In- 
diana University, and received the degree of LL. B. On June 
2, 1849, lie was admitted to the Supreme Court of Indiana, and 
on April 18, 1876, to the Supreme Court of the United States. 
He began the practice of law in Lafayette, March, 1850. He 
was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Eighth 
District of Indiana ; this office he held during 1866. In August, 
1867, he was appointed Postmaster at Lafayette, which office 
he held till April 1869. On the 17th of April, 1861, Mr. Wil- 
son volunteered as a private, four days later he was mustered 
into the United States' service as Captain of Company D, 10th 
Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and in the following May 10, 
was promoted to the rank of Major of the regiment. On July 
11, he was wounded at the battle of Rich Mountain. Not 
long after, December, 1861, he was appointed Colonel of the 
40th Regiment, Indiana A^olunteers, which lie had raised, and 
was mustered into the United States' service. In April, 1864, 
he was appointed Colonel of the 13th Regiment, Indiana Vol- 
unteers, and was discharged from service with the thanks of 
the Commander-General in September, 1864. Colonel Wilson 
was selected b}^ the soldiers of Tippecanoe County to com- 
mand the regiment at the soldier's reunion at Indianapolis on 
the 15th of October, 1875, and received for the regiment the 
prizes aw^arded by Governor Morton on that occasion. Col. 
Wilson was selected by the Army of the Cumberland to de- 
liver the annual address before that body on July 7, 1876, at 
the Academy of Music, in Philadelphia. This address was re- 
ceived with high encomiums by the press throughout the 
country. Col. Wilson was elected Councilman for the Third 
Ward of Lafayette, and served till he was appointed Assessor 
of Internal Revenue. Col. Wilson was a Republican, but not 



318 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

a politician. He cast his vote for General Taylor and General 
Scott, always voting till 1876. He gave his time assiduously 
to his profession. During his long practice he has been en- 
gaged in thirty-two capital cases, and no client of his has ever 
been executed. The nation, always good to its defenders, has 
placed Col. Wilson's name on the roll of invalid pensioners, 
for wounds received in the service of his country. 

William A. Bugh. LL. B. Decatur, Illinois. 

George Abraham BusKiRK,'born August 10, 1829, Blooming- 
ton, Ind. Died July 22, 1874. Educated at Bloomington pub- 
lic schools and at the University, leaving while a Freshman to 
enlist for the Mexican war. Printer and student of law in his 
brother's (S. H. Buskirk's) office. Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 
tion and position, lawyer; elected Judge of Common Pleas 
Oourt in 1856 ; in 1867 elected Land Agent of State ; in 1866 
elected Representative to the State Legislature ; in 1869 chosen 
Speaker; 1871 organized the First National Bank, Blooming- 
ton. Enlisted a private in the Mexican war, in the First In- 
diana Regiment of volunteers ; was transferred to the Third 
Regiment under Colonel Lane ; fought at the battle of Buena 
Vista. As State agent opened an office at New York, and had 
-control of the funds for the payment of the State debt. Was 
appointed, during the rebellion. Colonel of the Indiana Legion, 
and also Judge Advocate. In 1869, while Speaker, he strongly 
advocated the passage of the 15th amendment to the Constitu- 
tion. 

Ambrose B. Carlton, born December 18, 1825, Lawrence 
County, Indiana. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana (1883). 
Educated in common schools and academy. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law, editor, author; has 
twice held the office of Circuit Judge and twice Prosecuting 
Attorney ; was member of Indiana General Assembly, and in 
the year 1883 chairman of the United States Utah Commission 
of live; author of law book on Homicide, 1881 ; was tempora- 
rily Professor of Law in Indiana University, 1856-57. Of late 
Mr. Carlton has paid a good deal of attention to belles lettres. 
His favorite books are Shakspeare and the Bible. 

Aden G. Cavens, born October 24, 1827, Lawrence County, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. Educated at As- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 319 

bury University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law ; a member of Nebraska Territorial Legisla- 
ture, 1860-61 ; Captain Company E, 59th Indiana volunteers, 
1861-62; afterward Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel, 
97th Regiment, till the close of the war. While Captain in 
59th Indiana Regiment under General Pope was at New Mad- 
rid, Fort Pillow and the advance on Corinth. While Lieuten- 
ant Colonel was at the siege of Vicksburg ; in battle at Jack- 
son, Mississippi, and at Missionary Ridge. Went to the relief 
of General Burnside in the winter of 1863. In the Atlantic 
campaign was in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Big Shanty 
Station, Kennesaw Mountain, at Atlanta July 22, 1864, and at 
Ezra Chapel, on the right of Atlanta, at Jonesboro and Love- 
joy; commanded a prominent battalion at Kingston, in North 
Carolina; joined his regiment at Goldsboro and was in pursuit 
of Johnson at the close of the war. Was mustered out at 
Washington in 1865. 

Richard Andrew Clements, born July 20, 1827, Montgom- 
ery County, Maryland. Died September 16, 1867, Washington, 
Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
at law, Representative of Daviess County in 1858-59, Prose- 
cuting Attorney for the district for several years, and on the 
death of his father. Judge R. A. Clements, Sr., was appointed 
to till the vacancy on the bench. In the fall of 1866 was 
elected Circuit Judge. 

Isaac W. Love. See Collegiate Department, 1848. 

Robert Huston Milroy, born June 11, 1816, in Washington 
County, Indiana. Residence, Olympia, Washington Territory. 
Educated in the Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, where 
he graduated, receiving the degrees A. B. and A. M., and de- 
livered the valedictory oration. In 1850, LL. B., Indiana 
LTniversity. Occupation and position, attorney at law, in the 
army, Indian Agent, Washington Territory, President Judge 
of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Captain in the Mexican war 
and Major-General in the late war, serving in the army from 
the first to the last day of the war. General Milroy was an 
Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Judge Gould thus writes 
of General Milroy : " He has a striking military air, being 
over six feet in stature, as straight as an arrow in form, and he 
has a sharp and piercing eye. He was beloved by all of his 



320 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

soldiers. In private life, of strict integrity and of a pure and 
unsullied character." 

Sheridan P. Read. Degree, LL. B. Paris, Illinois. 

Robert A. Smith, born June 13, at Boonville, Indiana. Res- 
idence, St. Paul, Minnesota. Educated principally at the Indi- 
ana University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
lawyer, Auditor of Warrick County, Indiana; from 1850 to 
1853, Private Secretary of Governor Gorman ; from 1853 to 1856, 
Treasurer of Ramsey County, Minnesota. Since leaving the 
public office, from 1856 to 1868, banker. Mr. Smith was one 
of the Aldermen of St. Paul. 

Elias Willitts, born August 12, 1826, Wayne County, Indi- 
ana. Died in Monmouth, Illinois, November 1, 1881. Edu- 
cated at Centreville, Indiana, and Quincy, Illinois. Occupa- 
tion, attorney at law. During the last eleven years of liis life 
Mr. Willitts was Probate Judge. He was a member of the 
Swedenborgian Church. 

Alfred Wheeler, born Octoljer 10, 1824, in Ridgeway, 
Orleans County, New York. Was educated at the common 
schools of New York and Indiana; two years at Indiana 
University C/ollegiate Department. Graduated LL. B. from 
the Law Scdiool. Since graduation his principal employment 
has been as a printer, publisher and editor; occasionally a 
teacher, book-keeper, merchant and speculator. In 1882, a 
member of the Tribune Printing Company, in South Bend, 
Indiana. For two terms, 1867-1875, he has been Auditor of 
St. Joseph County. Mr. Wheeler has traveled in nearly every 
State and Territory in the Union, and in British Columbia and 
Canada. 

Simeon K. Wolfe, born February 14, 1824, in Floyd County, 
Indiana. Residence, New Albany, Indiana. Educated in 
Floyd County common schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation 
and position, attorney at law, member of State Senate in 1860 
to 1864, member of Congress 1873-1875, Judge of Floyd and 
Clark Circuit Court, 1880 ; editor of the Corydon Weekly Dem- 
ocrat ; in 1856, Presidential elector. In conjunction with Mr. 
Norman, of the New Albany Ledger, was delegate to the 
Charleston National Convention, an opponent of disunion and 
an advocate of the war policy of the North. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 321 

1851. 

Thomas Bigham, LL. B., Otumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. 

Marmion II. Bowers, born April 29, 1829, at Moore's Hill, 
Indiana. Died March 3, 1872, at Austin, Texas. Educated at 
Hamilton College, Ohio. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and po- 
sition, attorney at law and politician. Went to Texas in 1852, 
and in 1854 located at Austin; 1861, Captain of the 16th In- 
fantry, Texas Volunteers ; Representative in Texas Legislature, 
1864; State Senator of the twelfth Texas Legislature. Mr. 
Bowers had a high reputation as a patriot statesman. Though 
enfeebled by consumption and unal>le to stand, he did not ab- 
sent himself from the Senate, but contended bravely for an 
honest government and an upright administration. 

Ignatius Brown, born August 11, 1831, at Indianapolis. Res- 
idence, Indianapolis, Indiana. Educated at Marion County 
Seminary. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at hiw and 
abstractor of titles to real estate. 

Michael Fink Burke, born March 10, 1829, in County Lim- 
erick, Ireland; died May 22, 1864, at Washington, Indiana. 
Judge Burke received his academical education in Ireland, his 
professional education in Indiana University Law School, re- 
ceiving the degree LL. B. Occupation, practice of the law. 
Was for some time Judge of the Circuit Court. 

Jesse M. Gale, born June 18, 1828, in Crawford County, 
Ohio. Residence, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. Educa- 
ted at Collegiate Institute, LaOrange, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. 
at Indiana University and National Law Scliool, Ballston Spa, 
New York. Occupation, attorney at law and banker; for 
twenty years actively engaged in the temperance cause. Mem- 
ber of the Alpha Literary Society, of Angola. 

Jonas George Howard, born May 22, 1825, in Floj^d County, 
Indiana. Residence, Jeftersonville, Indiana. Educated in the 
common schools and at Indiana Asbury University. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer and member of the 
State Legislature in 1863. In 1868, Presidential elector, and 
also in 1876. 



322 HISTORY OF Indiana university. 

David Milton Jones, born February 15, 1828, in Vermillion 
County; died August 14, 1865, at Newport. Educated four 
years at Wabash College. Studied law with Hon. H. S. Lane 
and Judge S. C. Wilson, of Crawfordsville. Entered Indiana 
Law School. On graduating, received the degree LL. B. Oc- 
cupation, attorney at law. Position, was Representative from 
Vermillion County in 4l8t General Assembly of Indiana. Mr. 
Jones was an ardent Republican, took an active part in the 
campaigns of 1856 and 1860, and made numerous eloquent ad- 
dresses in su]>port of the war. 

John Stockton Leedon, l)orn August 1, 1826, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. Residence, Urbana, Ohio. Educated at Spring- 
field (Ohio) Academy. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, practice 
of law in tlie Ohio Court and the Distri'ct and Circuit Courts 
of the United States. 

John Walter Lopp, born November 14, 1828, Harrison 
County, Indiana. Residence, Mauckport, Indiana. Educated 
at the public schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, farmer and attorney at law. Member of the Legislature 
of Indiana of 1865 and '67, and the special session of 1865. 

Blackford Boudinot Moffatt. See Collegiate Department,. 
Class 1849. 

Eliphalet D. Pearson, born December 18, 1829, Springville, 
Indiana. Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated in common 
schools and Indiana University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation 
and position, practicing law, editor of White River Standard^ 
Prosecuting Attorney, and Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit 
for six years. This upright Judge and excellent citizen died 
July a, 1890. 

James Collins Thom, born December 29, 1824, Scott County, 
Indiana. Died August 30, 1865, Madison, Indiana. Educated 
at Hanover College, from which he received the degree B. S. 
Degree, LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation, teacher; sCi- 
terwards attorney at law in Madison. Being lame he could 
not serve in the army, but was active and efficient in doing all 
in his power for the soldier and his cause. 

James Woodard. See Collegiate Department, Class 1849. 

Bezaleel E. Wright, LL. B., Richland. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 323 



1852. 

John Paul Baird, born in April, 1829, Shelby County, 
Kentucky. Died in April, 1882. Educated in Franklin Col- 
lege, but did not graduate. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
attorney at law ; one of the niost able lawyers that ever prac- 
ticed at the Terre Haute bar. He was a member of the 
Legislature. He was a Colonel in the Eighty-fifth Indiana 
Regiment, in the Army of the Cumberland, and went with 
Sherman as far as Marietta, Georgia, when ill health compelled 
him to resign. 

Samuel Alexander Bonner, born December 5, 1826, in Wil- 
cox County, Alabama. Residence, Greensburg, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and at Centre 
College, Kentucky. Degree, LL. B. Judge Bonner received 
degree A. B. from Centre College and A. M. from Miami Uni- 
versity. Occupation and position, lawyer, Representative in 
the State Legislature in 1855, Common Pleas Judge in 1856-60, 
Circuit Judge in 1877. Judge Bonner is an elder in the Pres- 
byterian Church. 

William M. Connelly, LL. B., Spencer, Indiana. 

Joseph Fox Draper, born at Haw Patch, near Columbus, 
Indiana. Died June 19, 1876, in Chariton County, Missouri. 
Mr. Draper was self-educated. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
was for some time a merchant and farmer, practiced law in 
Chariton. On the breaking out of the war, Mr. Draper was 
the first to enlist in the township where he resided. He raised 
three companies of volunteers, served in the 12th Indiana Reg- 
iment, served in Virginia with the 12th Indiana, under Col. 
W. H. Link, and was Captain of Company K, 12th Indiana. 

James Thomas Embree, born January 27, 1829, Princeton, 
Indiana. Died August 3, 1867, Princeton Indiana. Educated 
at Princeton common schools and Indiana Asbury University, 
from which he received the degree A. B. in 1850. Degree, 
LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation and position, lawyer 
at Princeton from 1852-61. Major and Lieutenant-Colonel 
58th Indiana Volunteers for two years, and was afterward 
a lawyer and farmer; was engaged in the Vjattles of Stone 



324 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

River, Cliiekamauga, Lookout Mountain and Sliiloh. As a 
lawyer, Mr. Embree held a high rank in south-western Indi- 
ana. 

AViLLiAM Henry Green, LL. B., Mt. Vernon. 

Lewis Cobb Stinson, l)orn February 17, 1825, Evansville, 
Indiana, died September 16, 1875, at Evansville. Educated 
at common schools of Vanderburgh County, and at Evansville. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attornej^ at law. 
Prosecuting Attorney in Evansville District; for some time 
taught school. Member of the General Baptist Church, of 
which his father was a minister. 

Stephen C. Tabor, LL. B., Mt. Vernon. 

Henry D. Wise, LL. B., Vincennes. 

Reuben Samuel Ragan, born March 10, 1819, Mercer County, 
Kentucky. Residence, Greencastle, Indiana. Degree, B. S., 
Wabash College, and LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation 
and position, lawyer and fruit grower. Representative in 
the State Legislature of Indiana for two terms. Mayor of 
Greencastle. Colonel on Governor Morton's staff. Deacon 
and elder in the Presbyterian Church. 

1853. 

William H. Brownlee, born January 8, 1832, Princeton, In- 
diana. Residence, Brooklield, Missouri. Educated at Gibson 
County Seminary. Degree, LL. -B. Occupation and position, 
lawyer, and of late years lawyer and banker. Judge of Linn 
County Probate Court, 1862-66. Judge Common Pleas, 1870- 
74. "^ 

Francis L. Xeff, l)orn 1832, Boyle County, Kentucky. 
Killed June 24, 1864, at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain. 
Educated in part at Indiana University. Degree, LL. B. Oc- 
cupation and position, attorney at law; till 1861, Prosecuting 
Attorney. Enlisted in the Union army in 1861, and was a 
private, lieutenant, adjutant, captain, major and lieutenant- 
colonel ; was engaged in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Pitts- 
burg Landing, Stone River, Chickamauga and Kenesaw 
Mountain, where he lost his life. 



•HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. B25 

Fielding Prickett, born December 21, 1827, in Brown 
County, Ohio. Residence, Albion, Indiana. Educated at La- 
grange Collegiate Institute, Lagrange, Indiana. Degree, LL. 
B. Occupation and position, attorney at law. 

-losEPH C. ThOiMPSON, l)()rn September 18, 182(:i, Blairsville, 
l*ennsylvania. Residence, Qiiincy, FHinois. Educated at Leb- 
anon, Ohio.* Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, at- 
torney at law, member of Constitutional Convention of Illi- 
nois, 1862-68. County Judge of Adams County, 1878-77. 

1 854. 

.losEPH Cox, born March 21, 1821, in Orange County, In- 
diana. Residence, Dallas, Texas. Educated at Friends' 
School, Jjick Creek, Orange County. Degree, LL. B. Occu- 
pation and [>osition, attorney at law, and in Indiana, Tennes- 
see and Texas farming; State Senator in Indiana Legislature, 
1858; Township Trustee in Paoli. Major in the Confederate 
Cavalry, 2d Texas Regiment. Was at the battle of Shiloh, at 
the capture of Holly Springs, at the battles around and in the 
retreat from Corinth, at the battle of Chickamauga. Was cap- 
tured on a scouting expedition in Tennessee, in December, 
1868, and held a prisoner of war at Nashville and Johnson's 
Island, in Lake Erie, till the close of the war. Returned to 
Paoli, entered the practice of law till April, 1880. Removed 
to Dallas, Texas, where he engaged in his professioji with 
commendable success. 

Johnson D. Curl. LL. B. Lagrange County. 

Jonathan II. Jones. LL. B. Marion County. 

Ei.HANAN W. Lafollette! LL. B. Montgomery County. 

CuKRAN Emmett McDonald. A. M. and LL. B. See Colle- 
giate Dejiartment, Class of 1852. 

Newton F. Malott. A. M. and LL. B. See (V)llegiate De- 
partment, 1852. 

Willis G. Neff, born August 30, 1828, Boyle County, Ken- 
tucky. Residence, Greencastle, Indiana. Educated in county 
schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position. Recorder of 
Sullivan County, 1857; Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62; four 

22— History. 



326 HrsTORV of Indiana university. 



times eleote<l to represent Putnam County in the Legislature; 
1871, chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and of 
the Judiciary; delegate to the National Convention in 187B at 
St. Louis ; a member of the Christian Church. 

Pascal S. Parks. LL. B. Martinsville. 

John J. Paynter. Degree, LL. B. Omaha, Nebraska. 

John McCartney. LL. B. Indiana, Pennsylvania. 

1855. 

Robert Bell, born in 1829, in Lawrence County, Illinois. 
Residence, Mount Carrael, Illinois. Educated in the Mt. Car- 
mel select schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law, Circuit Judge, President of the Illinois vSouth- 
ern Railroad Company, President of the St. Louis, Mt. Carmel 
and New Albany Railroad Company, Special Internal Revenue 
Agent in California in 1876, Republican candidate for Con- 
gress in the Nineteenth Illinois District in 1878, United States 
Committeeman to examine Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in 
New Mexico, 1881; member of Republican State Central Com- 
mittee of Illinois since 1878. 

Samuel W. Hill. LL. B. Bloomfield. 

.Faoob L. Paynter, born November 7, 1833, in Washington 
County, Indiana. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated in 
the Washington County district schools. Degree, LL. B. Oc- 
cupation, farmer and teacher. Mr. Paynter is the inventor and 
patentee of a straw cutter, 1881. 

Henry Clay Rippey, born April 29, 1830, at Levvisville, 
Henry County, Indiana. Residence, Tallahassee, Leon County, 
Florida. Educated in the Leesburg public schools and Indiana 
University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer, 
land agent and editor; Enrolling Clerk Iowa Senate, 1864; 
member of House of Rejtresentatives, Iowa, 1867-8, and Jour- 
nal Clerk; Major of the Forty-sixth Iowa Infantry; also a 
judge in Florida, having removed there in 1874. 

1856. 

Ceorge W. Dean. LL. B. Springfield, Illinois. 

Oliver J. Clessner, born October 11, 1828, Frederick, Mary- 
land. Residence, Shelbyville, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Oc- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 327 

cupation and position, lawyer, Judge of the Eighth .Judicial 
District from 1S64 to 1868, State Senator from 1870 to 1874. 
See Indiana Biography, Volumn 1, 7th, 45. 

Robert L. Morrison. Degree, A. M. See College Depart- 
ment, Class 1855. 

David Sheeks, born May 9, 18o0, in Lawrence County, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Austin, Texas. Educated at the Indiana As- 
bury University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
practicing attorney at law: Judge of Distrit't ('ourt, Texas. 

1 8:)7. 

David Demaree Banta. Degree, A, M. See College De[>art- 
ment, 1855. 

Henry D. Brazee. Ll^. 1^>. Cannelton. 

James W. Brown. LL. B. Marion. 

Edmund Jaeger, born Septendjer 22, 1833, Mandack, Rhenish 
Bavaria, Gernniny. Residence, Keokuk, Iowa. Educated at 
Mamhick public schools and Normal Institute. Degree, LL. 
B. ()<'cupation and positions, lawyer, banker. Alderman, Vice 
President of School Boai'd, I'robate Judge, Auditor, and Mayor 
of Keokuk, Iowa. 

Burr H. Polk, born January 15, 1835, at Taylorsville, Ken- 
tucky. Residence, Lincoln, Nebraska. Educated in the town 
and county schools, and for a term at tlie William Jewett Col- 
lege, Liberty, Missouri. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attor- 
ney at law till the rel)ellion ; served in the army during the 
war; after that was a merchant in Vicksburg till the year 
1876; since a broker and speculator in Western lands; in 
1868-69 he w^as Mayor of Vicksburg. Mr. Polk went to the 
war as Captain Company F, 33d Indiana ; subsequently was 
appointed Captain and Assistant Adjutant General by Presi- 
dent Lincoln ; afterward was, at the request of General Grant, 
promoted by President Lincoln to the rank of Major ; by Pres- 
ident Johnson w^as brevetted Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel ; 
continued Adjutant General for some time after the war; 
served on the staffs of Generals Baird, Stoneman, Rousseau 
and Thonuis, in the Army of the Cumberland; was appointed 
First Lieutenant in the regular arni}^ after the war, but having 



828 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVKRSITT. 

gone into business, declined the position. In 1879 (leneral 
Polk traveled in Europe, and gave an account of his travels in 
a series of letters to the Evansville Journal and Vicksburg 
Herald. These letters were subsequently published in book 
form under tlie title of the "■ Big American Caravan in Eu- 
rope.'' General Polk, it should have been stated, took an 
active part in the battles of Wild Cat, Chiekamauga, Mission 
liidge and Nashville. 

OxMER F. Roberts, born June 17, 18-34, in Dearborn County, 
Indiana. Residence, Aurora, Indiana. Educated at Lawrence- 
burg, under IVof. B. T. Iloyt. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, lawyer, member of Indiana Legislature two terms, 
Judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit of Indiana for six years and 
seven months. 

George W. Thompson, LL. B., Owensvillc. 

1858. 

Newton Burwell, born August 1, 1886, in Fairfield Countj, 
Ohio. Residence, Bluifton, Indiana. Educated in Fairfield 
County, and after at Bluffton. Degree, LL. B. Occupation 
and position, practiced law from 1858 to 187B; entered Nortli 
Indiana Conference on trial, and remained in the ministry till 
April, 1871 ; withdrew and became a dealer in lumber; Prose- 
cuting Attorney ; Representative in State Legislature, 1865; 
member Board of School Trustees, J^luffton, and local preacher 
in Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Stephen Girard Burton, A. M. See Collegiate Department, 
class of 1857. 

BexNtjamin F. Cavins, born March 25, 1838, at Bloomfield, 
Indiana. Residence, New Albany, Indiana. Educated at In- 
diana Asbury University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, practice of law for ten years ; since, a minister in the 
Baptist Church. Enlisted as a private soldier in the army; 
was in the battles of Chiekamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, 
and in the disastrous raids of Stoneman and McCook, south 
K)f Atlanta. 

Andrew Jackson Lee, LL. B., Starville, Texas. 

Eli K. MiLLEN, born February 26, 1837, in Monroe County, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. o29 

Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at 
Bloomington public schools. Deg-ree, LL. B.. Occu[)ation and 
position, attorney at law; Prosecutrnn- Attoi-ncy tVoin 1858 to 
1861. 

HosEA Murray, LL. B., Sprina'liill. 

Wflbur FrsKE Stone, A. M. St^e ('ollcgiate Ot-partniont, 
(Hass 1857. 

James B. Turner, LL. B., Elizal)etlit()wn, Illinois. 

1859. 

Theodore A\^ Fry 1>ryant, LL. !>., Willianisport. 

Richard L. Coffey, born May 7, 1835, in Moni-oe County, 
Indiana. Residence, Nashville, Indiana. Educated in Frank- 
lin (Jollege, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law, Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Eighth 
District, and State Senator from the counties of Bartholomew, 
Brown and Monroe (1882). 

Samuel W. Curtis, LL. B., Brazil, Indiana. 

Luther Martin Demotte, born Se]jtember 23, 1838, at I>loom- 
ington, Indiana. Died Juiu' 1, 1875, at (Trayville, Illinois. 
Educated at Bloomington public schools and Preparatoi-y De- 
partment of Indiana Univei'sity. Degree, LL. B. Occuj)ation 
and position, editor and attorney at law. In the war of the 
rebellion he was Lieutenant, and for special service in the 
Signal offi(!e was promoted to the rank of Captain. At the 
close of his life he was a membei* of the Christian (Miurch. 

NoAU S. Given. See Collegiate I)e[>artment, Class 1858. 

Henry Cuay Iliur., born December 13, 1834, at the Hill home- 
stead, Greene County, Indiana. Died May 4, 1865, at Bloom- 
tield, Indiana. Educated at the common schools of New 
Lebanon and Bloomtield. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, in 
1855-5(), a teachei'. After graduation he practiced law, aiul 
was a successful aiul highly esteemed meml)or of the bar till 
his health failed, and his disease, consumption, soon ended his 
life on earth. Mr. Hill served for some time as County School 
Superintendent, taking great interest in educational work. 
He was a steward in and an influential and exemplary member 



330 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

of tho Motln^dist Episcopal Cvhurch. His addi'osscs, vvliich he 
was often railed iijton to make [)rofessi()iially and otherwise, 
wore of a high order of merit. Mr. Ilill married (June 25, 
1801) Miss Emma, the youngest daughter of M. and A. Hitter, 
of ]>loomtield, who still survives, and mourns her loss, sorrow- 
ing, yet rejoieing that he died in the full assuranee of faith in 
liis ISavit)!'. 

-loiiN Randolph Isenhower, horn May 0, 1883, near EUetts- 
ville, Monroe C'ounty. Residence, Hloomtield, Indiana. Edu- 
cated in Monroe County st-hools. Degree, LL. B. (\'eu[)ation 
and position, attoi'uey and counselor at law ; memher of the 
State Lt'gislatn re ; served both at sj>ecial and regular sessions 
of the Legislature of 187'2-3; School Examiner in (xreene 
County. Mr. Isenhower mai'ried Sallie L. Ijcster, of Bloom- 
tield. Sej.temher •_'!>, IHti:'). 

Ali;.\.\ni>i;k D. Lkmon. Sec ColK'giate Departmi'ut, Class of 
1858. 

Amos 11. Li'imier, IjL. H., Des Moines. Iowa. 

AuGiiSTUs Davis Lynch. See ColUgiate Department, Class 
of 1857. 

James Boleyn Mulky, born Ot'toher 4, 1826, Harrison Count3\ 
Residence, Rloomington, Indiana. Educated in Harrison and 
Monroe County schools. Di'gri'c, LL. B. (^ccu|>ation and po- 
sition, attorney at law: in the army at ditfei'ent times; served 
as Major, Colonel and Provost Marshal, l)oth in the Mexican 
war and during the rel)eHion. In Jum', 1S4(). he volunteeretl 
in Coni})any A, 2d Regiment. Indiana volunteers, for the Mex- 
ican war. Fought at Benna \'ista, where he received a slight 
wound. In the war of the rebellion he fought at Richmond, 
Kentucky, in 18H2. Major Mulky was appointed Register in 
Bankru})tcy by Chief Justice Chase. Was congressional dele- 
gate to the Rei)ublican National Convention at Chicago in 
18()8, and in the convention at IMiiladelphia in 1872, and also 
national con\ention at Cincinnati in 187<!. Colonel Mulky 
married Miss C\)tfey, of Mom-oc County. 

I'RIAII MuLLiKiN. See Collegiate Dei)artnu'nt, Class 1857. 

Pleasant Alonzo Parks, born November 12, 1828, in Law- 
rence County. Died February 11, 1875. Educated at county 



HISTUKV OF INDIANA I'NIVKRSITY. --i^Jl 



scli()(tls and Bcdfoi-d schools. Dog-ivo, \Aj. !>. ()ccii|i;iti()ii, at- 
toriK'V iit law, practicing in Bedford and tlic District Conrts. 
ThoMgli pbysically weak, Mr. Parks was indnstrious, energetic 
and talented. 

StiOI'IIEN TiirASHKI'.. See Collegiate 1 )e|»ai-t liielit , Class 1 H,")?. 

George Wallace Thruop, hoi-n Octoher 10, 1S:'>(;, at Mill- 
grove, Owen Connty, Indiana. Died Decemher 7, 1S()2, at 
Stockton, Indiana. Degree, LL. I>. Occupation, attorney at 
law. 

XicHoLA.s Van Horn, 1>oiii .Inly 14, 1S;U. in Darke Oonnty, 
Ohio, llesidcnco, Indiana))olis. l^iducated in coniinpn schooln 
of Northern Didiana. Degree, L\j. B. Occupation and [)OHi- 
tion, attorney at law; Prosecuting Attorney 17th Circuit, 18Hf) 
to 18(!H; assistant U. S. Assessor 11th District of Iinliana; 
Lieutenant (!onipany A, 47th Indiana Volunteers ; served for 
four years in the army, was at the battles of Stone River, Rid- 
dles' Point and Xashville. An elder in the Church. 

Thomas .TkI''kkr,son Wolfk. See Collegiate Depai'tmeiit, (Mas* 
185«. 

*1XH1. 

DanikI; M. Baker, born January 2»), l!S42, in Brown County, 
Indiana. Residence, Chariton, Iowa. l^]ducated at Chariton 
schools. D(\gree, LL. B. Oc-cupatioii and position, lawyer, 
editor of (Uiai-iton Jjeader nine years, miner foui* years in Mon- 
tana Territory ; ISOHand 1867serv(!d in Iowa Legislature, 16th 
General Assembly; 1876 Mayoi- of city of (yhariton, I'resident 
of Board of Trustees of State Asylum for the Feeble-Minded, 
autlnir of History ot Lucas C\)unty, Iowa; a Democrat in ])ol- 
itics. 

James A. Barnett, horn February 2, 1S:57, at Camden, Ohio. 
Residc^nce, Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas. Educated 
at Wabash College. Degree, LJj. B. Occuj)ation, farmer and 
stock-i-aiser, served two terms in Kansas Legislatur-e, entered 
the army as a private in 1861, left it a captain. Married, De- 
cember, 1862, Miss Sarah R. Harrison, daughter oi' lion, dames 
H. Harrison, Ladoga, Lidiana. 

"There was no graduating class in 1860. 



332 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Ambrose Clinton Carlton, born February 2, 1832, at Bed- 
ford, Indiana. Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated in the 
Bedford High School, Degree, LL. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, engaged for some time in teaching, attorney at Uiw, edi- 
tor and farmer, was a private in the army. 

Thomas Bartholomew Donica, born January 25, 1832, in 
Lawrence County. Residence, Ellenton, Manatee County, 
Florida ; in 1887, at Bedford. Educated in the Bedford High 
Scliool. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, commenced the practice 
of law at Bedford, Indiaiui ; tbrougli failure of liealth engaged 
in farming; for the last three years, since 1884, a I'ultivator of 
frnits and vegetables in South Florida. 

Levi Hanson, born December 25, 1827, in Lawrence County, 
Indiana. Residence, Soutb Granger, Monroe County, Indiana. 
Educated in the Wabash College and ISTorthwestern Christian 
University, and completed the full course at Indiana Univer- 
sity, but graduated at the Northwestern Christian University 
(now Butler), receiving the degrees, A. B. and A. M. ; degree, 
LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation and position, teach- 
ing, preaching and farming; evangelist and elder in the Chris- 
tian Churcb. 

1862. 

Georue O. Isemingbr, born May 16, 1841, Bloomington, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Bedford, Indiana. Educated at Mt. Pleasant 
and Chariton, Iowa. Degree, LL. B. 

Marion Mooney, LL. B., Columbus, Indiana. 

James Morgan, LL. B., Olatlie, Kansas. 

John Stilwell Heady, born April 27, 1836, in Switzerland 
County, Indiana. Residence, Mount Sterling, Indiana (1887). 
Educated at Hartsville College in 1862-3. ' Degree, LL. B. 
Occuj)ation, attorney at law;. Mr. Heady married Margaret 
Stick k'r. 

1863. 

Edward C. Buskirk, born in 1834 at Bloomington, Indiana. 
Residence, Washington, D. C. Educated at Bloomington 
schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer, 
and Judge of Marion County Court in 1874-78. 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. '^88 

CuRRAN A. DeBruler, A. M. See Collegiage Departiiieiit, 
Class 1868. 

James Sylvester Nutt, A. M. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 18(51. 

Alfred Ryors, born February 27, 1848, at Atbetis, Ohio. 
Residence, Chicago, Illinois. Educated at Centre College, 
Kentucky. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, lawyer. 

Trevanion Teel Weir, born April 1, 1884, at New Albany, 
Indiana. Died February 6, 187(3, at Wabash, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at (ireencastle. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, law^yer. 

Jacob Yanck Wolfe. See Collegiate Department, (Jlass 
1857. 

18H4. 

Napoleon Bonaparte Arnold, A. M. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1862. 

Orlan Franklin Baker, Died at Vincennes. Residence, 
Spencer, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, lawyer. City 
Attorney of Vincennes in 1868-65, member of the House of 
Representatives in 1866-68, editor of Vincennes Times, author 
of"' The Primitive Dwellers, a History of the Population, Abo- 
riginal and Colonial," and " Annals of V^incennes " (<I>. A. 0. 
Catalogue). Mr. Baker married Miss Nora Alev, of Bedford. 

William M. Hociuatt, LL, B., Paoli. 

Madison Evans, A. M. See Collegiate Department, Clasn 
1856. 

Jasper N. Lee, LL. B., Terre Haute. 

John H. Louden, A. M. See Collegiate Depai-tment, VAam 
1861. 

John Milton McCoy, A. M. See Collegiate Dej)artment, 
Class 1860. 

Henry A. Parsons, LL. B., Manchester. 

James P. Rankin, born Se[)tember 8, 1881, near Middleton, 
Tennessee. Residence, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, Ed- 
ucated at county schools and Union University, Murfreesboro, 
Tennessee. Degree, LL, B. Occupation, nierchant, residing 



334 HISTOKY UF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

in Giles Coiintv, except four years during the war, whicli were 
spent in Indiana. A Unitarian in faith. A man of high prin- 
eipies and morality, an advocate of independent tliought, and 
one wlio desires the elevation of mankind. 

Daniel Oliver Spencer, horn September 1, 1842, Blooming- 
ton, Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at 
Bloomington public schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
court and general reporter for the MoncHi railroad. Mr. Spen- 
cer served in the army ; was Corporal and acting Sergeant Ma- 
jor in Company H, 18th Regiment, Indiana volunteers. Was 
orator at the State Encampment of the G. A. R. at Indianap- 
olis, February, 1888, lie took an active part in the battle of 
Pea Ridge, March, 1862. Mr. Spencer, as a stenographer, re- 
ported the trial of Prof. Strunk, at New Albany, in October, 
1886. This rei)ort was published in pamphlet form by the 
New Albany Ledge/-. Mr. Spencer has not only reported for 
several newspa}»ers, but lias also delivered many public lec- 
tures on ''Elocution,"* "Mind Reading," " Justiticatiou by 
Faith,'' and the " Final Perseverance of the Saints, Baptized 
Believers," etc., etc., at the Masonic Orphans' and Widows' 
Home and at Prof. Chase's Female High School. For these 
two last lectures he was complimented by a rising vote of 
thanks. In 1888 made an active canvass as a stump orator for 
tlie Democracy. In October, 1886, Mr. Spencer married Miss 

Belle Holmes, of Louisville, Ky. 

• 

William B. Wolfe. See Collegiate Department, Class of 
1860. 

1865. 

Isaac Newton Cake-s, born »Iuly 30, 1840, near Salem, In- 
diana. Died February 9, 1867, Washington County, Indiana. 
Educated at Salem Academy. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, lawyer, Prosecuting Attorney, 4th District, Indiana. 

George Woodson Easley, born December 15, 1844, Clark 
County Missouri. Residence, Hannibal, Missouri, Educated 
in public schools, Missouri. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, attorney at law, Linn County, Missouri, General 
Attorney of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company. 
Member of Legislature of Missouri, in 1876-7, Chief-of-staff to 
Gen. Van Cleve, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (1882.) 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 335 

John Chalmers Orchard, A. M., LL. B. See Collcg-iate De- 
partment, Class 18(31. 

James H. Rogers, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1861. 

'Greenberry Sack, B. S.. LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1865. 

Christopher Thompson, LL. B., Russellville, Kentneky. 

1866. 

Edward B. Barnard, Ijorn Ai)ril 7, 184L <lit'd January 15, 
1882. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, printer, foreman in Louis- 
ville Joiir))a/ office, political writer, and publisher of news- 
papers. His last i>aper was called the Olney Times; married 
Miss Lizzie Cray, of Olney, Illinois, in 1872. Mrs. Barnard 
died March 18, 1882, leaving tliree children. 

Daniel M. Browning, born at Benton, Illinois, October 11, 
1846. Residence, Benton, Illinois. Educated at the schools of 
Benton. Degree, LL. B. He graduated with distinction in 
the Law De[)artment of the University ; was examined before 
the Supreme Court of Illinois in dune following, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar before he was twenty years of age. He was 
elected County Judge in November, 1869, at the age of twenty- 
three years and was re-elected in 1873 and 1877 without oppo- 
sition, which position he resigned ui)on being elected Circuit 
Judo-e of the First Judical Circuit in June, 1879. Judijc 
Browning has a reputation for his suavity, dignity, learning 
and good sense rarely e(pialled, and also is of exceptional good 
social qualities. As a Mason, Judge Browning, entering the 
Benton Lcxlge in 1868, has served as Worshipful Master, and 
as I)isti"ict Deputy Grand Master, He was chairman of the 
Committe of Appeals and Grievances. In 1878 was elected 
Junior Grand Warden, and has reached the rank of Grand 
Master (1883.) Judge Browning married Tirzah Bell jSTaylor, 
of Cincinnati, in 1868, and has three children (1887.) He now 
has a large and lucrative practice in Benton. 

(Taken, with slight modifications, from the Adiyx'a.fe, 
Bloomington, Illinois, of October, 1886.) 

Bartholomew Burrell, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate De- 
partment, 1864. 



336 HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Joseph 8. Daily, born May 31, 1844, in "Wells County. Res- 
idence, Blufl'ton, Indiana. Educated in public schook of Welk 
County; studied law in the office of N. Burrell, Esq. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer, District Attorney, 
Prosecuting Attorney Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1870-74; Repre- 
sentative Wells and Adams counties; director and attorney of 
the Delphi, Bluffton & Frankfort railroad. Member of the 
UTiiversalist Church. 

Benjamin F. Garrison, ]jL. B., Carthage, Missouri. 

Howard Hart, born October 25, 1841, at Putnamville, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Cloverdale, Indiana. Educated in the county 
schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, farmer and proprietor 
of a saw mill. 

Sidney B. Hatfield, A. M. and LL. B. See Collegiate De- 
partment, Class of 1864. 

Charles Kroff, born December 11, 1837, in Monroe County, 
Ohio. Residence, Hermitage, Hickory County, Missouri. Ed- 
ucated at Captina, Ohio: Cohunbus, Indiana; Milford, Indi- 
ana, and Indiana Asbury University. Degree, LL. B. Occu- 
pation and position, practice of law, dealer in real estate, and 
also engaged in fai'ming and stock raising. During the war 
Avas Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, Aid de Camp and Assistant 
Adjutant General, while a member of Company F, lltli Regi- 
ment, Indiaiui volunteers. County Attorney of Hamilton 
County, Missouri, and Prosecuting Attorney; member of Cen- 
tennial Committee. In the army for four years ; participated 
in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Pittsburg Land- 
ing, siege of Corinth, battle of Port Gibson, Champion Hills, 
Mississippi, siege of Vicksburg, Lake Tasse, Louisiana, and 
Hall Town, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Tim's Brook and Cedar 
Creek, Virginia. 

Arthur Calvin Mellette, A. M,, LL. B. See Collegiate 
Department, Class 1864. 

Thomas Monroe Mooneyuam, born October 17, 1844, at Ben- 
ton, Illinois. Residence, Benton, Illinois, Franklin County. 
Educated at Mclvendree College, Illinois. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation, practiced law till 1880, since which time he has 
engaged in milling, farming and stock-raising. Position, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 337 



Clerk in Circuit Court in 1872-7^5, and member of the Legisla- 
ture from 1876 to 1888. 

George D. Orner, born April 24, 1845, in Hunterdon 
County, Xew Jersey. Residence, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. 
Educated at Lambertville Academy, New Jersey. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer, special agent of Post- 
office Department, United States Revenue Collector, member of 
Legislature of Kansas in 1881, regent of State Normal School 
of Kansas in' 1882, member of Company C, 33d Indiana Regi- 
ment, and participated in the principal battles under Sherman 
from Chattanooga to the sea. 

Samuel A. Robbins, LL. B., Laporte. 

Peter Wilson, born October 16, 1840, at Carlisle, Indiana. 
Residence, Butler, Bates County, Missouri. Educated at Car- 
lisle Academy, and one year at Indiana Asbury University. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation,, attorney at law, 

1867. 

William W. Barr, born May 8, 1847, in Centre County, 
Pennsylvania. Residence (1886), Carbondale, Illinois. Edu- 
cated in common schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attor- 
ney at law. Position, Master in Chancery of Franklin County, 
Illinois; State's Attorney; member of the Illinois Legislature, 

John M. Boyle, LL. B., Vincennes. 

Jhilson p. Cummins, born November 26, 1838, in Jackson 
County, Indiana. Residence, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kan- 
sas. Educated at Clear Spring, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Oc- 
cupation and position, attorney at law, Auditor of Adams 
County, Iowa (1870-75) ; County Superintendent Steven 
County, Kansas, 1887. Mr. Cummins was First Lieutenant, 
Company H, Regiment 120, Indiana volunteers, and Brevet 
Major (1865); Judge Advocate military district of New Or- 
leans (1865) ; fought in the battles of Atlanta, Campagne, Co- 
lumbus, Franklin and Nashville, in Georgia, and Kingston, 
North Carolina. Mr. Cummins married Nanc}^ Emmons, May, 
1858, who lived but eight months after marriage. He then 
married Sarah Gates, in 1862, who died in 1883. 

Vinson Carter, B. S. See Collegiate Department, Class of 
1867. 



:^88 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Patrick O. Flynn, born March 25, iu Greenup County, Ohio. 
liesideiHiC, Walton, Indiana. Educated at Hartsville Univer- 
sity, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
teacher, in the postal service, lumber merchant, and in 1882 a 
shipper of live stock. Mr. Flynn was a private in the Union 
army. Was in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 29, 
1865 ; taken prisoner when in General Kirby Smith's command. 
Mr. Flynn is a school trustee, and a member of the church of 
United Brethren. 

Nathan K. Grigus, LL. B, Beatrice, N^el^raska. 

Joseph Philip Jones, born January 27, 1843, in Owen County, 
Indiana. Residence, Martinez, California. Educated at Willa- 
mette University, Salem, Oregon, receiving the degree B. S. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law, 
practicing at Martinez since 1870; for two years a miner in 
North California; for two years District Attorney of Contra 
Costa County, California, elected in 1875; in 1880 elected .Re[)- 
resentative of Contra Costa County in the State Assembly. 

James E. Kenton, born Api-il 7, 1841, at Zanestield, Logan 
County, Ohio. Residence, Kansas City, Missouri. Educated in 
Ohio common schools and Earlhani College, Richmond, Indiana. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, practiced hiw till 
1875; since then in the mercantile business. In 1882 he was 
Secretary and Trustee of the Kansas City Paper Company. 
He was deacon in the Calvary Presbyterian Church, Spring- 
field, Missouri, till he removed to Kansas City. 

William H. Martin, LL. B., Rensselaer, Indiana. 

Nathan D. Miles, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Departmcjit, 

Class 18()(:). 

William B. Robinson, born in 1839 in Knox County, Indiana. 
Residence, Vincennes, Indiana. Educated in Knox County, 
New Lebanon Academy. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, practicing law; Mayor of the city of Vincennes for 
four years, and Clerk of Knox County Circuit Court. 

William C. Sandefur, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Dei)art- 
ment, Class 1866. 

Warder W. Stevens, born Septembei' 30, 1845, in Elizabeth- 
town, Kentucky. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated in the 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 339 

( V)rydon Seminary. De^^ree, LL. B. Occupatic)ii and position, 
lawyer ; at present (1883) editing and publishing a newspaper 
and farming; Auditor of Washington County one year. 

Hiram P. Webb, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1865. 

18H8. 

David M. Alspaugh, born September 11, 1842, in Crawford 
County. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated in the com- 
mon schools and Professor Bole's Academy, Paoli, Indiana. 
Degree, LL. B, Occupation and position, attorney at law. 
He entered as private in Company E, First Regiment Indiana 
Cavalry, in August, 1861, and was in all the engagements in 
which the company took part ; was wounded at Saline River, 
Arkansas, January 28, 1864. He was in command of the com- 
pany when mustered out September 12, 1864, and was commis- 
sioned First Lieutenant by Governor Morton on February 20, 
1865, in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regi- 
ment, Indiana Volunteers. Trustee of Methodist Episcopal 
Chui'ch at Salem, Indiana, and also of the Salem graded 
schools. 

Samuel Albert Boyles, born July 7, 1841, at Huntingburgh* 
Residence, Olivet, South Dakota. Educated in the comrhon 
schools, and in part in Indiana University, leaving it to enter 
the army. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
at law and editor; at present (1883) Clerk of the United States 
District Court at Yankton, Dakota; member of the Dakota 
Legislature in 1881; County Attorney of Clay County, Illi- 
nois; First Lieutenant of Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers, in 
which regiment he served through the war of the rebellion.. 
Mr. Boyles was engaged in twenty-seven battles and skir- 
mishes, the most notable of these being Pea, Ridge, Arkansas. 
He took part in the whole series of battles during the Vicks- 
burgli campaign, including the siege of Jackson. In 1881 he 
was chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Dakota Leg- 
islature. He took an active part in the G. A. R. organization, 
and delivered several addresses which have been published. 

Jesse Towell Cox, born March 21, 1821, in Orange County^ 
Indiana. Died August 26, 1882, Paoli, Indiana. Educated in 
Friends" School, at Lick Creek, Orange County. Degree, LL. B. 



840 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Occupation iuid position, practice of law in Kokoino, Biooni- 
iugton, and GroesLeck and Dallas, Texas ; hospital sti^vvard 
and surgeon in the Union army; was made prisoner at the 
surrender of Munfordville, Kentucky, 1862 ; was stationed ut 
Memphis in charge of the hospital ; went, under General Sher- 
man, to the Yazoo County and operations in Mississippi ; with 
General Banks up Red river, and afterward to Mobile, where 
he was mustered out. Mr. Cox was the lirst advocate of the 
free school system in Orange County, where it met with much 
opposition, but aided l)y his brother and others, public opinion 
was (thanged, and the schools were established. (Joseph Cox, 
Class of 1856, and Jesse T. Cox, of Class of 1868, were twin 
brothers. In the war of the rebellion Joseph joined tlie Con- 
federate army, while Jesse enlisted in the Union army. This 
opposition did not interfere with their brotherly attection.) 

John Fields, born April 14, 1848, in Lawrence County, In- 
diana. Residence, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Educated at 
McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois. Degree, LL. B. Occu- 
jjation and position, attorney at law, a RepuVjlican in [)olitics, 
a soldier in the ranks — 11th Missouri infantry — for 38 months, 
from June, 1861, till August, 1864; a participant in fourteen 
battles, including siege of Corinth, Vicksburg, Island IS'o. 10, 
luka, Mississippi, etc; was in the Red River Company in 1864, 
under A. J. Smith, who was then on detached service in the 
ood Missouri infantry. 

Frank R. Ogg, born September 13, 1845, in Lawrence County, 
Indiana. Residence, Olatlie, Johnson County, Kansas (1887). 
Educated at Mitchell, Indiana, schools. Degree, LL. B. Oc- 
cupation, attorney at law. Mr. Ogg was for four years Prose- 
cuting Attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, and for the same 
length of time postmaster; for two years Mayor, and at j»res- 
ent (1887) attorney for the A. & S. F. R. R. Co. and the South- 
ern Kansas R. R. Co. Mr. Ogg married Mary E. Daggy, of 
Bedford, Indiana, Xovember 14, 1869. 

Jeremiah F. Piitman, born March 12, 1842, in Orange 
County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomiugton, Indiana. E(hi- 
(;ated at Leavenworth High School, Mr. Harris, Principal, 
and at Hon. Francis Wilsoirs High School. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, practicing attorney and Prosecuting 
Attorney. Tenth Judicial Circuit ; Recorder of Orange County, 



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BISTORY OP" INDIANA imiVElWlTT. 841 

Indiana; Master Commissioner of the Monroe Oii-euit Court; 
enlisted in Company F, 50th Kegiment, Indiana V'ohmteers; 
was in all the engagements of that regiment during the re- 
bellion. In 1887, Mr. Pittnuui was Pension Examiner in 
Michigan. 

Cyrus W. Piuce, LL. B., Bennettsville. 

IvuKKirr 1). RkjhardsjN, B. S., LL. 1>. See Collegiate De- 
partment, Class 18H7. 

KojiKKT R. Taylor, LL. IL, liloomtield. 

CEoR(iE Sheeks, born December 25, 1826, at Mitchell, Lidi- 
ana. Died -lanuary 28, 187U, at Shoals, Lidiana. Educated 
at Asl)ury University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, lawyer and banker; Treasurer of Lawrence County; in 
the army for three years; First Lieutenant, Captain and Act- 
ing Quartermaster on the staif of General Hovey ; was at the 
siege of Vicksburg, the battles of Fort Donaldson and Shiloh, 
and many others of less note. 

William A. Traylor, born February 5, 184o. Residence, 
Jasper, Indiana. Educated in the common schools and by 
private teachers. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
attorney at law; elected State Senator in 1878 from the district 
composed of Dubois, Martin and Orange counties; Delegate 
to the Democratic National Convention in 1880, at Cincinnati; 
chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Dubois 
('Onnty. 

18()9. 

(^EoROE W. Alpord, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate l)ei»art- 
ment, Class 18()9. 

William 1. Baker, born July 2, 1841, in Bartholomew 
County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomtield, Indiana. Educated 
in Bartholomew County })ul)lic schools and at Earlham College, 
Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occui)ation, attorney at law ; in 
1887 merchant in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington 
State. 

Mat I HEW T. Campbell, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1869. 

T. Wycliff Denton, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1869. 

23— History. 



342 t HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Henry M. Gilmore, H. S., LL. B. See Colle2:iate Depart- 
ment, OlasB 1869. 

Frank I. Hall, LL. B. See Collegiate Department, ClaBS 

1867. 

Dallas S. PIolman, LL. B., Frankfort, Indiana. 

Thompson H. Johnson, born February 13, 1847, in Grreene 
County, Indiana. Residence, Cleveland, Ohio. Educated at 
U. C. College, Meroin, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation 
and })osition, in 1870 was County Attorney for Conley County, 
Kansas ; in 1872 was Probate Judge, elected for two terms. 

Francis Blackburn Posey, born April 28, 1848, at Peters- 
burg, Indiana. Residence, Petersburg, Indiana. Educated at 
Blythewood Academy and Indiana Asbury University. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law, Prose- 
cuting Attorney, and Elector of First District of Indiana in 
1880.'" 

William Thomas Scott, born October 30, 1845, in Union 
County, Kentucky. Residence, York, Nebraska. Educated in 
Brandenburgh, Kentucky. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attor- 
ney at law. Mr. Scott was a membei- of the Nebraska House 
of Representatives in 1879. In 1887 be was Prosecuting At- 
torney for the district of York County, and is Mayor of the 
city of York. Mr. Scott married Sarah J. Miller December 5, 
1872. 

Oscar Wilder Shryer, born April 15, 1847, at Bloomtield, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomtield, Indiana. Educated at Han- 
over College, Hanover, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
attorney at law, banker and teacher. 

Jacob S. Slick, born January 4, 1848, at Dayton, Ohio* 
Residence, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana. Educated at 
Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
attoruey at law. 

Joseph C. Wkioht, LL. B., born April 13, 1844, at South 
Bend. Died at Worthington, February 11, 1872. Educated in 
[)ublic scdiools of South Bend, and graduated at Notre Dame, 
Indiana. Occupation, for a year he practiced law; his health 
failing, he then worked at carriage-making. He was elected 
City Clerk, and while in this office he died. Though not a 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVKR>SITV. :>4:5 



profesKirio- Christian, lie was hig:lil.y csteonied tor liis inoi'al 
cbarat'tor.' In 1870 he married Miss Enuna J. Phillis. 



1870. 

Jamks Finley Allen, born October 5, 1844, near SulliYan, 
Indiana. Died March 15, 1876. Received the degree I>. S. at 
Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw) in 1867, and in 
1870 the degree LL. B. at Indiana irniversity. Occnpation, 
attorney at hiw. He was a nienil)er of the Methodist Episcopal 
Chnrch'. 

James Gallagher Bain, born April 29, 1844, at Martinsville, 
Indiana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated at Earl- 
hani College, Richmond, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 
tion and position, Lieutenant in Com[)any C, Thirty-third 
Regiment, Indiana Volunteers; was in all the battles ami cam- 
paigns of tlie Army of the Cumberland from the first battle of 
Wild Cat, Kentucky, in November, '01, till the last in North 
Carolina in 1865. For the past ten years (since 1883) editor 
and proprietor of the Repiihlwaj), Martinsville, Indiana, and 
sin<'e 1872 postmaster, 

Jesse Richards Bicknell, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate 
Department, Class 1868. 

James AViiitcomb Brown, born 1846, near Pulaski, Indiana. 
Residence, DeWitt, Nebraska. Educated at Wabash College 
and Chicago LTni versify. From the lattei' he received the de- 
gree A, B. Degree, LL. B. Occui)ation, attorney at law. 
Position, Captain of Company II, 46th Regiment, Indiana vol- 
unteers ; was engaged in all the battles and campaigns of his 
regiment, October 19, 1870, married Miss Mattie H, Hiatt, at 
Crawfordsville, Indiana, 

William Henry Clark, born January 27, 1886, in Shelby 
County, Kentucky, Residence, Tipton, Indiana. Educated at 
Danville Academy and Christian University^, 1861-62, Degree, 
LL, B. Occupation and position, practice of law, ]»ension 
agent. Town Clerk of Tipton, member of the Christian Church, 
member of the Pythonia Society; was a political prisoner in 
the barracks at Louisville, Kentucky, and a newspaper corre- 
spondent in 1863, Mr. Clark married Miss Ophelia P, Jesse, 
of Shelby County, Kentucky, 



344 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVER8ITT. 

Henry Clay Duncan. See (^)lk'ii-iate Department, OhiM of 
18()8. 

.loiiN K. East, born May 11, 1845, in Ilarrodsburg, Indiana. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at the public 
Hcliools of Monroe County, Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, attorney at law, Prosecuting Attorney, appointed by 
Governor Williams, 187M-79 ; Clerk of the Monroe County 
Conrt from 1876-80; Sergeant in Company I, 59tli Regiment, 
Indiana volunteers, and was in Sherman's army during his 
march to the sea; was at the battle of Alto, Georgia, the 
Union forces commanded by General J. M. Carre, the rebels 
by General Hood, and saw the signal from General Sher- 
man at Ivennesaw Mountain to General Carre to " HoUl the 
fort," an event which gave origin to the popular hymn. Mr. 
East is a member of the M. E. Church, and has lately distin- 
guished himself as an able politician. 

Perry W. Gard, l>orn November 80, 1883, in Switzerland 
County, Indiana. Residence, Frankfort, Indiana. Educated 
in the public schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, lawyer; iirst Mayor of the city of Frankfort, and after- 
ward member of the City Council. At present. Illustrious 
Grand Master of the Grand Council of Indiana. 

Lewis Cass Garrigus, l>oru April 29, 1844, in Parke County, 
Indiana. Residence, Russellville, Iventucky. Educated in the 
common schools of Parke County and Terre Haute High 
School. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at 
law; county attorney of Logan County, Kentucky, from 1874 
to 1878, and Commissioner of Sinking Fund of the Louisville 
and Nashville Railroad. Was in the Confederate army from 
1862 to close of the war. In 1877 Mr. Garrigus was called on 
to speak at the reunion of Hood's Confederate Texas Brigade 
at Waco, Texas, and on this occasion held up the American 
ilag, and called on the ex-Confederates to give three cheers for 
the old flag, the iiag of our fathers and our country, and en- 
titk'd to our love, and received, much to his gratification, a 
hearty response, making him, though a stranger, the hero ot 
the hour. 

Carey Wayland Hendkrson, born May 11, 1844, at I*utnam- 
ville, Indiana. Died March 7, 1880, at Washington, D. C. De- 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 345 

gree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; clerk 
in Postofficc Department, Washington ; also clerk in the Indi- 
ana Legislature. Was chosen first Mayor of the city of Bloom- 
in gton. 

James T. Herrick, born November 4, 1846, in Boone County, 
Indiana. Residence, Wellington, Kansas. Educated at Val- 
paraiso College. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
lawyer. Was elected Probate Judge in 1874. At the same 
time acted as City Treasurer. At present, 1883, is City Attor- 
ney and member of the City Board of Education, and for ten 
years past Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
Wellington. 

George W. Johns. See Collegiate Department, Class of 1869. 

John C. McCarty, born Xovember 25, 1834, in Meade County, 
Kentucky. Residence, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. 
Educated at common and }>rivate schools of Indiana and Ken- 
tucky. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law ; during 
the rebellion served as pilot in the Mississippi squadron; was 
in service at the siege of Vicksburg. Mr. McCarty married 
Anmi Bently, October 28, 1874. 

John L. Pierce, born March 1, 1848, near Lafayette, Indiana. 
Residence, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. Educated at Leb- 
anon Presbyterian Academy. Degree, LL.B. Occupation and 
position, attorney at law in Lafayette, Indiana, until 1871, and 
since in Lebanon; Clerk of the town of Lebanon, and in 1882 
Mayor of the city of Lel)anon. 

James E. Savers, LL. B., San Francisco. 

Asker l^AHERTEW Sluss. See Collegiate Department, Class 
of 1869. 

George W. Smith, born August 18, 1846, Putnam County, 
Ohio. Residence, Murphysborough, Jackson County, Illinois. 
Educated at McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois ; B. 8. from 
McKendree College. Degree, LL. B. from Indiana University. 
Occupation, attorney at law. Position, Republican Elector for 
Nineteenth Congressional District of Illinois. 

Alanson Stephens, born December 22, 1840, in Harrison 
County, Indiana. Died August 31, 1880, at New Albany, In- 
diana. Principally self-educated. Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 



:}4H HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

tion and j)Ositi(>ii, attoruey at law; was Sergeant-Major Third 
Indiana Oavalrv : served in the army of the l^otonuic ; was en- 
fifagod in ail the l>atties and skirniislies of tliat army from Bull 
Jinn to x\p|)oniattox (\)urt House. 

John J. Stephenson, LL. B., Bowliuii- (jJreen. 

Samuel A. Wise, LL. B., \'ineennes. 

1871. 

.John W. BifSKiRiv, born at Bedford. Residence, Blooming- 
ton, Indiana. Educated in tlie common schools. Degree, LL. 
B. Occupation and })osition, lawyer, District I*rosecutor of 
Eighth Common Pleas District. Mr. Buskirk was a member 
of the Legislature; as a soldier he was in the battles of Chick- 
asaw Blutfs and Arkansas Post. Married Florence .L Wil- 
liams, of Bloomington, Decembei- 17, 18S!). 

William P. Clark, LL. B., Oskaloosa, Illinois. 

Chester C. Culp, LL. B., East Enterprise. 

AVilliam Henry Dague, born December 17, 1S42, in Wash- 
ington County, Pennsylvania. Residence (1888), Fowler, Ben- 
ton County, Indiana. Educated at Kokoiiio liigh school. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law six 
years; for the last seven years, a banker; from 18(55-70, owned, 
]»ublished and edited the Monticello Herald; for a year. Post- 
master at Monticello; mendjer and Trustee of the Fowler 
Presbyterian Church. In 1876 Mr. Dague married Miss Mary 
A. McKeehan, at Indianapolis. 

Samuel Dalton, born March oO, 1843, in Orange County, In- 
diana. Residence, Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas. Edu- 
cated at the Mit(diell high school. Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 
tion and ]»osition, attorney and counsellor at law; on several 
occasions has acted as Judge, [>i-<> tcm. Mr. Dalton eidisted as 
a private in the United States army of volunteers, on February 
17, 18(>2, was at the siege of Corinth, Yicksburg, Atlanta, and 
in Shei'man's army in its march to the sea and to Washington ; 
re-eidisted as a veteran in February, 1864, and was honorably 
dischai-ged -July 21, 1865. In politics he is a Re])ul)lican. Mr. 
Dalton married Elma B. Boyd, of ()i-ange C-ounty, Indiaini, 
December 17, 1872. 



HKSTOKY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 847. 

Ani>rew Day, born October 15, 1843, in Jackson County, In- 
diana. Residence, Washington, D. 0. Educated in Jackson 
County schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, 
teacher, attorney at hiw ; Third Auditor's office; Treasury 
Department, Washington ; Sergeant-at-Arms, Iowa State Sen- 
ate, 1878; Superintendent of Public Schools, Lucas County, 
Iowa, 1876-77. Mr. Day lost his right arm in a charge made 
on Hood's army, December 15, 1864, at J^ashville, Tennessee. 

Lemuel Levi Dilly, born October 22, 1839, in Martin County, 
Indiana. Residence, l^oogootee, Indiana. Educated at Mt. 
Pleasant, Greenville, Illinois, and Bedford, Indiana. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation and position, lawyer for four years; since, 
a farmer. United States Assistant Assessor, Justice of the 
Peace, census enumerator; private, Company D, 22d Regiment, 
Illinois Volunteers; Avas at tlie hattles"of Belmont, November, 
1861, Island No. 10, Corinth, Mississippi, Stone River, Tala- 
honui and Chickamauga, where he lost his right arm. 

William Henry Dowdell, born July 11, 1842, in Dearborn 
County, Indiana. Residence, Lawrenceburgh, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Southwestern Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio. Degree, 
LL, B. Occupation and position, lawyer, and in 1864-5, (Quar- 
termaster Clerk. 

Nathan Ward Fit/ajerali), born March 4, 1846, in Dearborn 
County, Indiana. Residence, Washington, D. C. Educated in 
the public schools, and took a partial course in the Collegiate 
Department of Indiana University. Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 
tion and position, practicing attorney in the highest courts, 
State and National; editor of the Washington WorhJ : com- 
mander of the First Battalion of the National Rifles. 

Inman H. Fowler, born June 7, 1834, at Eaton, Ohio. Resi- 
dence, Spencer, Indiana. Educated in part at AVabash College, 
Luliana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
at law; State Senator in 1876 for the district composed of the 
counties of Owen and Clay, and served during the special ses- 
sions of 1877-79. 

John Graham, born Noveinl>er 22, 1844, at Bloomington, 
Indiana. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated at the 
Bloomington schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion, lawyer; Librarian of Supreme Court; Joint Representa- 



:H8 HISTOKY OF INDIANA UiMVERSlTY. 

tive of Monroe and Brown counties in ISH^). Mr. (Jralia,ni 
died at Indianapolis, June, 1S9(). 

AliliKKT L. (rlilAlKS, Lli. !>., Mount \"ernon, Illinois. 

(tAINES II. IIazivV, l)orn Oetoher 2(i, 1847, in Ne\vl»ui-i;-li. 
Residence, I>o<)n\ille, Wai'iick ('ounty, Indiana. I^^ducated at 
lliirli School, XewUnru'li. heu'ree, LL. \>. OcciiMation, attor- 
ney at law. 

Francis 15. II itcikjock, Itorn .lune •>, ]<S4<), in Terre Haute, 
IndiiUia. Uesidcnce, Floi'it, Illinois. I'^ducated in Ti-rre Haute 
Kcliools. De^Tce, LL. 1>. ()c(;uj)ation and j)osition, attorney at 
law; also editor; Heiuity County Olei'k, Clay County, Illinois, 
1S«)7; editor of (May County l^nioii, 1>^()<!-t)7; editor Marion 
('ounty Hcpiihlii-aii, 18(58; associate editor Southern Illinois 
Joiinnd, 1878-82, and since 1880 sole editor and itroprietoi". 
Was hos])ital steward during the war. 

.lAiMEK II. Joi'.DAN. See Collegiate 1 )epai't nimt. Class ot" 
1808. 

.Iamks 15. Kenner, horn Xovemlxu' "), 184(), in Hancock, Ma- 
ryland. Residence, Huntington, Indiana. Kdu<-ated in Roan- 
oke ('lassical Seminary. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and- 
position, attoriu'V at law ; ineniher of Indiana Legislature in 
1H81 ; was chairman of the (Committee of Ways and Means, 
and the author of the hill to re-suhmit the constitutional 
amendments, overthrown hy the Snpriune C\)urt of Indiana; 
elected l)y the Legislature Trustee of the Deaf ami Duinh In- 
stitute, in lS7<i. I'rivati' soldier on the Union side during the 
rehellion. Author of a work on "The Law ;iml Practice in 
Imliaiia on Drainage,'" and of many essays on political and 
legal topics, and of many puldic addressees. 

Daniu a. KocuKN'OiR, hoi'ii Fehruary 7, 1844, in Harrison 
County. ResideiKH', Ri'ownstown, -lackson (/ounty, Indiana. 
Educated at llartsville University, Ilartsville, Imhana. De- 
grc^e, LL. I). Occupation, attorney at law. 

GEoiKiE 11. KooNS, horn April 2, 1S48, near New (>astle. 
Residence, Muncie, Indiana. P]ducated in the common schools 
of Henry County and New (Jastle Academy. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, teacher, and Principal of the Mi<l- 
dletown Academv; since 1874 attorney at law. 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. ^349 



.Iamks E. M(<\)i>LoiMiii, B. IS., LL. B. See Collei^iato I)ci)jirt- 
merit, Olaas 1871. 

IloiJKRT W. MiKRS, B. S., L].. 1>. See ('olleiJ:iate I)ei)artinent., 
(Mass 1«7(». 

Thomas (i. Maiian, \)oru March 2-5, 1844, in Orange ('ounty, 
Indiana. I^esidenee, Orleans, Indiana. Kdncated at the Orange 
(\)nnty seliools. Degi-ee, LL. B. Occnpation and [)()siti(»n, 
attorney at law and te'aeher. He was a i)rivate in tlie anuy, 
and was in many battles nnder Sherman ; was twice wounded 
at Richmond, Kentucky, and rendered a criiiple for life August 
•■U, lS(i2. 

(xKoiKiK A. Mahan, l>orn August 6, 1852, in Marion County, 
Missouri. Residence, Jhinni])al, Missouri. Educated at Bethel 
College, Palmyra, Missouri, and at Washington and Lee Uni- 
versity, Lexinp;ton, Virii'inia, in 18()t>. Degree, LL. B. Oeeu- 
|»ation and i>osition, lawyer. City CV)unsellor for city of Han- 
nibal in 1874-75, and State's attorney for Marion County since 
1879. 

Dennis JL 1'almkk, JJj. B., Logansport. 

.loKN Li>()Vi» Bri'NKR, 1). S., IjL. B. See (/ollegiate D(!i>ai-tmt^nt, 

Class 18(;!). 

John K. Rhinkiiart, born December KJ, 1841, at Rogersville, 
Ohio. Residence, Blutt'ton, Wells County, Indiana. Educated 
at Roanoke Academy. Degree, LL. 1). Occupation and posi- 
tion, lawyer; member of School Boar-d, lilutfton, for six years. 
Deputy CU'rk of Wells County. 

David A. Roaih, horn .1 uly 13, 1843, in I'arkc County. Resi- 
dence, Crawfordsville, Indiana. Educated in Ilarmonia Col- 
lege, linssellville, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. Occui)ation and 
position, attorney at law; Prosecuting Attorney for Twenty- 
second Ljdiana (/ircnit, 187*)-7H. 

Gkoruk 1 1. RvMAN, born July 7, 1846, at Lawi-enceburg, In- 
diana. Residence, Grai'ton, Nebraska. Educated in schools of 
Lawrcncebnrg, (^onnei'sville and Ladoga. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law, at Indianaj)olis, and 
afterward at Grafton, Nebraska. I*rivate, Ninth Indiami (vav- 
alry, Com[»any IL Was in tlu; battles at Nashville, Tenuessee, 
and Franklin, Tennessee, and in all the battles of the Hood 



350 HISTORV OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



campaign ; enlisted in 18(33 and served until close of the war. 
Entering so young into the army greatly interfered with Wis 
education. Mr. Ryman is a member of the Baptist Church. 

James A. Stephenson, LL. B., Ladoga. s 

William Johnson Throop, born Deeember 10, 1841, at Paoli. 
Residence, Paoli, Ind., (1887). Educated at Paoli High School. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation, for tlie first eight years, farmed 
and practiced law ; since that time an attorney at law. 

Joseph P. Throop, LL. B., Paoli, Lid. 

William Howard Trippett. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1869. 

Argus D. Vanosdol, born September 18, 1839, in Jefferson 
County. Residence, Madison, Indiana. Educated at Madison. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law; 
Captain in Federal Army, 1861. 

1872. 

George Andrew Adams, born June 4, 1849, at Morgantown, 
Indiana. Residence, Martinsville, Indiana. Educated at com- 
mon school and Hio:h School of Martinsville. Decree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law, teacher, trustee and 
steward in Methodist Church. 

William B. C. Armstrong, born January 17, 1849, in Knox 
County, Indiana. Residence, Washington, Indiana. Educated 
in common schools of Knox County, and in part at Blooming- 
ton in the University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney 
at law; for two years after graduation, in the office of General 
Shackleford and S. R. Hornbrook. 

C-harles Ximrod Beckham, born February 4, 1849, at Elk Creek, 
Spencer County, Kentucky. Residence, Louisville, Kentucky. 
Educated in primary schools of Spencer and Nelson counties, 
"Kentucky, and Washington and Lee University, Ya. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; a soldier 
in the Confederate service during the rebellion ; was in Mor- 
gan's raid in Indiana and Ohio ; was captured with Morgan 
when he surrendered, and remained from July, 1863, to Febru- 
ary, 1865, in military prison in Camp Chase, Ohio ; was ex- 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 851 



(.•hanged, and surrendered Avith General E. E. Lee at the iinal 
dissohition of the Confederacy ; served under General Whar- 
ton as Orderly at the hattle of Perryville, Kentucky, Octoher, 
1862, and carried the orders for the last charge made on that 
field. 

Nelson J. Bozartii, horn July 13, 1849, at Rochester, Indi- 
ana. Residence, Val})araiso, Indiana. Educated at Valparaiso 
College and at West Point Military Academy, New York. 
Degree, LL. B. Oecupation and position, attorney at law, 
cadet at West Point ; when fifteen years old, Orderly in Ninth 
Illinois Cavalry ; wounded at the battle of Nashville ; has been 
Prosecuting Attorney of Thirty-first Judicial District of Indi- 
ana, and in 1882 was City Attorney of Valparaiso. Mr. Bo- 
zarth lost his books and papers, and nearly lost his life, in the 
great fire in Chicago in 1871. 

Jaimes y. Campbell, LL. B., Indianapolis. 

James M. Craig, A. M., LL. B. 8ee Collegiate Department, 
Class 1869. 

George W. Cooper, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1872. 

Frank C. Donaldson, born September 26, 1852, at Terre 
Haute. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. Education, gradu- 
ate of Terre Haute High School. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
attorney at law. Has delivered several addresses on public 
occasions and lectures to literary societies, and made earnest 
Republican speeches during the political campaigns. 

David Eley, born February 27, 1841, in Adams County. 
Residence, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana. Educated at 
National Normal School, 1871. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
attorney at law until 1880; since engaged in agriculture and 
Iiorticnlture. 

Clarkson Erwin, LL. B., Nashville, Indiana. 

Samuel A. Emison, B. S., LL.B See Collegiate Department 
Class 1861. 

William F. Gallimore, LL. B., Paragon, Indiana. 

Columbus Byron Harrod, born April 18, 1849, in Scott 
County, Indiana. Residence, Scottsburg, Scott County, In- 
diana. Educated at the Friends' Academy, Blue River, 1867-69. 



>J52 UrSTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; a 
leading member of the bar. Took an active part in the can- 
vass for Garfield in 1880. E'er four years a justice of the peace. 
Mr. TIarrod is a member of the Christian Church. 

(tEorok W. Hart, LL, B., Lee, Indiana. 

Charles L. IIenrv, born duly 1, 1849, in Hancock County. 
Residence, Anderson, Indiana. Educated at Asbury Univer- 
sity, Greencastle. Degree, LL, B. Occupation and }»ositiou, 
attorney at law; State Senator from Madison and Grant coun- 
ties (1882). 

Edward G. Henry, born 1850, in Pleasant, Switzerland 
County. Residence, New Albany, Indiana, Educated at Han- 
over College, Indiana. Degrees, B. S. and A. M. from Hano- 
ver, and LL. B., Indiana LTniversity. Occupation, attorney at 
law. 

JouN Corey Hunter, born October 27, 1847, at Versailles, 
Indiana. Residence, Socorro, New Mexico, in 1883. Educated 
at Bloomington Seminary. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
position, attorney at law until 1881 ; mining in New Mexico 
and Arizona since 1881. Master in Chancery, Second Judicial 
District, United States Court. 

Jefferson McAnelly, born in Hancock County, Ohio. Resi- 
dence, Loveland, Laramie County, Colorado. Educated at 
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law and Auditor of Clay 
County, Indiana. 

David Wilson MuKee, born December 14, 1845, in Rush 
County. Residence, Connersville, Indiana (1887). Educated 
at home and in the public schools. Degree, LL. B. Occu})a- 
tion and position, attorney at law, an elder in the Presbyterian 
Church, and Sunday-school Superintendent. Delegate to the 
General Assembly at Buffalo. Mr. McKee is a leading and 
guccessful practitioner of law, commencing to practice in 
Brookville in 1873, and he afterward went in partnership with 
Jos. J, Little, Esq,; removed to Connersville in 1886, Mr, 
McKee married Miss M. Ella McKee, of Woodford County, 
Kentucky, in June, 1873. 

William D. May, born September 4, 1847, at Rome, Perry 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVBRSITT. 858 

County. Residence, Avoca, Lawrence County, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Rome Academy. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, United 
States Internal Revenue Gauger, coUecti ug and insurance 
agent. For some time he has heen engaged in teaching in 
Dubois and Perry counties, Indiana. 

Leandkr p. Mitciikll, born February 5, 1849, at Mechanics- 
burg, Henry County. Residence, New Castle, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Northwestern Christian University (now Butler), 
Indianapolis. Degree, B. S., Butler University; LL. B., In- 
diana University, Occupation, attorney at law. 

Lester L. Norton, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Clas^. 187L 

Truman Fayette Palmer, born January 7, 1851, at Orland, 
Steuben County. Residence, Monticello, Indiana. Educated 
at Battle Ground and Clinton schools. Degree, LL. B. Ocmui- 
pation, attorney at law. 

Briel F. Smith, LL. B., Goshen. 

James PIenry Lane Tibbetts, born September 12, 1848, at 
Manchester. Residence, Alhambra, Illinois. Educated at 
Manchester schools, and one term at Litchfield, Illinois. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law till afflicted with 
loss of hearing; since a farmer. 

1878. 

Wil]v1am S. Bruvvn, a. M., LL. Ji. See Collegiate De^tart- 
ment, Class 1872. 

Francis M. Charlton, born November 25, 1852, in Switzer- 
land Couijty, Indiana. Residence, Lebanon, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Vevay high schools and Moore's Hill College. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, practicing attorney 
at Boone County Circuit Court, and Prosecuting Attorney of 
the Twentietb Judicial Circuit of Indiana (1882). 

Marcellus a. Chipman, born September 27, 1852, at Nobles- 
ville. Residence, Anderson, Indiana. Educated in public 
schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Orlando H. Cobb, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Cla88 1872. 

Ben.iamin Franklin Davis, LL. B., Lebanon. 



354 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Nathan Grove Dowdell, born April 21, 1849, at Elizabeth- 
town, Ohio. Died Jnly 8, 1874, at Lebanon, Ohio. Educated 
at Southwestern Normal School, Lebanon. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, lawyer ; Quartermaster U. S. Army 
during the Rebellion ; a Hepublican, advocate of temperance, 
member of the Methodist Church, and a friend of education, 
the church, and the country. 

Wehley E. Dru.mm, LL. B., Clinton, Missouri. 

John W. Ewing, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 

Class 1872. 

Walter A. Fuland, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1870. 

Richard A. Fulk, LL. B., Bloomington, Ind. 

Zachary Taylor IIazen, born March 15, 1848, in Ripley 
County, Indiana. Residence, Versailles, Indiana. Educated 
at Brookville College, Ohio, and Moore's Hill College. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

(tE0R(}E Wilson Holm an, born September 30, 1850, at Sevas- 
t()]K)l, Kosciusko County. Residence, Rochester, Indiana. Ed- 
ucated in the public schools and at Notre Dame for two years. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation, practice of law ; admitted to the 
bar, June, 1873. 

Fredebick Heiner, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1872. 

l^ENTON Knapp, LL. B., Libei-ty, Union County. 

Terry Oliver Jones, born April 5, 1847, in Marshall County, 
Lidiana. Residence, Plymouth, Indiana. Educated in com- 
mon schools, Rochester Academy, and Valparaiso College. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; State 
Attorne}' for two terms ; Mayor of City of Plymouth ; mem- 
ber and Trustee of the Methodist Church. 

ZuiNULius K. McCoRMACK, LL. B., Indianapolis. 

George W. McDonald, A. M. See College Department, 
C^lass 1870. 

John Reed McMahan, born December 4, 1848, in Crawford 
County, Indiana. Residence, Muncie, Indiana. Educated in 



HI?!TORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 355 

the pu})lic Kchools, Marengo Academy and at Orleans. Oeeu- 
pation, for some time (from 1866 to 1872) a teacher ; after grad- 
uation, attorney at hiw. 

Pierce iSTorton, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1872. 

Newton Ben. O'jS'eill, born in 185o at Lanesboro, Illinois. 
Died at Bloomington, Indiana, in 1873. Educated in part at a 
Roman Catholic School, Helena, Arkansas, where he was re- 
warded with a medal and at an examination with several prizes. 
Occupation: taught school for some time; read law with his 
uncle, John Marshall; afterward attended the law school of 
Indiana University, where he died shortly before the termina- 
tion of the term. 

Richard Lee Oruan, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate De[)art- 
ment, Class 1872. 

Samuel 0. Pickens, born April 26, 1846, in Owen County, 
Indiana. Residence, Spencer, Indiana. Educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Owen County. Degree, LL. B. Occupation -.iid 
position, attorney at law ; Prosecuting Attorney of the Fif- 
teenth Judicial Circuit of Indiana for two terms. 

William H. Pollard, born April 17, 1841, at Campl)ellsburg, 
Washington County. Residence, Ozark, Christian County, 
Missouri. Educated in the common schools. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law, Prosecuting Attorney 
for two years in Christian County, Missouri ; Assistant As- 
sessor of Internal Revenue, Third Division, Second District, 
Indiana; served four years and four mouths in the 13th Regi- 
ment, Indiana Volunteers ; was in all the V)attles around Peters- 
burg, Virginia; was severely wounded August 14, 1864; also, 
was in the battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia, July 11, 1861 ; at 
Winchester, Viro-inia, March 23, 1862; Suifolk, Virginia, in 
1863, and at the siege of Fort Wagner, South Carolina, in 1863 ; 
battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864; at the explosion 
of a mine at Petersburg, July 31, 1864 ; was the Republican 
nominee for Chief Clerk of the Missouri Legislature in 1881. 

Charles ■]S'ewton Spencer, born Febrimry 2, 1843, at Mill- 
town. Residence, Columbus, Indiana. Educated at Hartsville 
University, graduating A. B. and A. M. Degree, LL. B., In- 
diana University. Occupation and position, teacher and 



856 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

afterward attorney at law; in the late war he was a member 
of the 23d Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and, as a private sol- 
dier, participated in its hardships and battles ; w^as unfitted for 
manual labor by a wound in the right arm. He is a member 
of the Church of the Disciples. 

William H- Woodward, born December 27, 1840, at Cale- 
donia, Pulaski County, Illinois. Residence, Carbondale, Illi- 
nois, Educated in the public schools and Southern Illinois 
College. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
at law, member of Illinois Legislature; entered the army at 
the age of 15 years as private in Company D, oOth Illinois 
Volunteers; was in all the battles around Vicksburg; was in 
Sherman's army from Lookout Mountain to Washington City; 
was in ten general engagements during the war, and in very 
many skirmishes ; is the sole survivor of the family. His 
father was Captain of Company A, 2d Illinois Regiment, and 
was killed at Buena Vista, Mexico. His only brother was 
Lieutenant in the 11th Illinois Regiment and was killed »t 
Fort Donaldson. 

1874. 

Samukl W. Axtell, born dune 17, 1850, in Knox County, 
Ohio. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. Educated in Greene 
County Xormal School. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and po- 
sition. County Superintendent of Public Schools of (Greene 
County since 187(5. 

Edward Aley, LL. B., Scottsburg. Died, 1870. 

John II. Burford, born Sunday, February 29, 1852, at Park- 
ville. Residence, Crawfortlsville, Indiana. Educated at Wave- 
land Collegiate Institute. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and 
])Osition, attorney at law. (After graduation continued studies 
at Indianapolis.) Prosecuting Attorney, Twenty-second Judi- 
cial Circuit, at CraAvfordsville (1880-82), liaving located there 
in 1877. A teacher before studying law. In 1878 Mr. Burford 
was a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, but was defeated by 
a small majority of seventeen, by the combined Democratic 
aiul (Treenback votes. 

Eli B. Caress, b<.)rn March 29, 1849, in Salem. Residence, 
Seymour, Indiana. Educated at Salem Academy. Degree, 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 357 

LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law ; deacon in 
Presbyterian Chnrcli since 1876. 

Fabius M. Clarke, l)orn June 10, 1853, in Manchester, In- 
diana. Residence, Topeka, Kansas. Degree, LL, B. Occupa- 
tion, lawyer. 

Edgar Dean Crumpacker, born May 27, 1853, in Laporte 
County, Indiana. Residence, Valparaiso, Indiana. Educated 
at Valparaiso College, graduating B. S. Degree, LL. B. Oc- 
cupation, teacher for two years; attorney and counsellor at 
law (1882). 

OsiANDER FAiRUURsr, bom Januar^f 19, 1849. Died February 
3,1878. Educated at Northwestern Christian University. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Alfred AV. Fullerton, A. B., LL. B. See Collegiate De- 
partment, ('lass 1873. 

Francis M. (tIDEon, born February 21, 1849, in Christian 
County, Missouri. Residence, Washington, I). C. Educated 
at Springfield Academy, Missouri, and Abingdon College, Illi- 
nois, from which he received the degree of B. S. in 1871. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occu}»ation and position, lawyer; two terms 
City Attorney of Kokomo, Ind. ; (Uerk in PostotSce Depart- 
ment at Washington ; in 1867 was appointed Probate Clerk of 
Christian County, Missouri ; entered the ai'my at fifteen years 
of age; was chosen Major of Ninety-i^inth Missouri Regiment 
when seventeen years old; he served till close of the war; was 
wounded on the forehead at the battle of Boonville, Missouri. 

John S. Xewby, A. B., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1873. 

Allen David oS^oRxMAn, born in Marion, Illinois. Residence, 
Spi'ingfield, Illinois. Educated at Braden's School, Carbondale, 
Illinois. Degree, LL. B. Occu])ation, attorney at law. 

Robert M. Piatt, A. B., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1873. 

Emerson Short, born December 2, 1848, at Springville, Law- 
rence County, Indiana. Residence, Bloomfield, Indiana. Edu- 
cated at Bedford High School, Indiana University till Senior 
year. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

24— History. 



858 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Thomas J. Terhune, A. B., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1873. 

John A. Zaring, born October 30, 1848, in Scott County, In- 
diana. Residence, Salem, Indiana. Educated in the public 
schools of Washington County ; three years' course at Indiana 
University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

1875. 

Daniel 0. Barker, LL. B., Emporia, Kansas. 

Simpson M. Beecher, LL. B., Los Angeles, California. 

Daniel W. Beecher, LL. B., Los Angeles, California. 

David W. Baird, LL. B., Fort AYayne. 

James Courtland Blacklidge, born September 19, 1849, at 
Brookville, Franklin County. Residence, Kokomo, Indiana, 
Educated at Brookville College. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, 
attorney at law. During the ten years since graduation, Mr. 
Blacklidge has attained, by his industry, perseverance and tal- 
ents, after overcoming many obstacles, a high position among 
the lawyers of the State. 

George L. Everbach, born December 13, 1846, at Heilbron, 
Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany. Residence, Louisville, 
Kentucky. Educated at Mockmiihl, Germany, 1851-59 ; Hei- 
delberg, 1859-63 ; Louisville, Kentucky, Commercial College, 
1866-68. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
and counsellor at law, since, 1875. Enlisted in the Federal 
Army, as Clerk in the Engineer Department, under General 
Thomas. Volunteered and took an active part in the battle of 
Nashville, in the winter of 1864. Was stationed at Nashville, 
Atlanta and Savannah during military service. Honorably 
discharged in 1866. Engaged for some time in farming, after- 
ward, in commercial business, and studied law and was admit- 
ted to the Louisville bar in 1875. 

Major W. Funk, born October 29, 1849, at Milltown, Craw- 
ford County. Residence, Corydon, Indiana. Educated at 
Marengo Academy, and at the graded schools in Canton, In- 
diana. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position. Judge of 
Harrison Circuit Court by appointment, three different terms. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVLRSITY. 359 

Received the Democratic nomination, in 1881, for Prosecnting 
Attorney. 

James B. Harper, born November 21, 1848, in Allen County, 
Indiana. Residence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Educated at the 
Fort Wayne Methodist College. Degree, LL. B. Occupation 
and position, attorney at law, United States Commissioner for 
District of Indiana. Valedictorian of the law class of 1875. 
In 1882 junior member of the law firm of Robertson & Harper, 
Fort Wayne. 

WiNFiELD Scott Hunter, born December 22, 1848, at Callens- 
burg. Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Residence, Jasper, Dubois 
County, Indiana. Educated at the Buffaloville and Marengo 
schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney 
at law; entered the army at the age of 15; served in the Thir- 
teenth Regiment Indiana Cavalry, Company L, as private ; was 
in the battles of Huntsville, Alabama, and Nashville, Tennes- 
see, Mobile and defences ; in Grierson's raid and in many skir- 
mishes. 

Harvey W. Letsinger, born May 24, 1849, in Greene County. 
Residence, Bloomlield, Indiana. Educated in the Sullivan 
County schools. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, at- 
torney at law ; Deputy Treasurer and Prosecuting Attorney of 
Greene County. A member of the Methodist Cliurch. 

E. Morgan McCord, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1869. 

Mahlon R. Neal, born February 7, 1851, in Clay County. 
Residence, Bloomtield, Indiana. Educated in the Farmersburg 
and Sullivan schools. Graduated in Sullivan Normal School. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation, teacher, merchant and lawyer ; 
candidate for Representative on Republican ticket in 1876. 

Arthur J. Palmer, born September 3, 1852, at Kokomo, In- 
diana. Residence, Lebanon, Indiana. Educated at the Frank- 
fort Seminary. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Robert Adam Parrett, born April 24, 1852, at Russellville, 
Putnam County. Residence, Newport, Indiana. Educated in 
the Newport public schools ; three years at Indiana Asbury 
University (now DePauw). Degree, LL. B. Occupation, at- 
torney at law. 



360 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Lewis C. Parrish, bovii Oetoher 20, 1850, in Owen Gonnty, 
Indiana. Residence, Ravanna, Missouri. Educated in the 
Owen Count}' public schools. Degreed, LL. B, Occupation 
and position, Principal of schools at Lovilia, Iowa, and also 
at Kavanna, Missouri ; attorney at law ; for two years a trav- 
eler. 

WiLLiAxM Michael Stanley, Ijorn September 7, 1841, in Dan- 
zig, Gernian\' Residence, Chicago, Illinais. Educated in Ger- 
many. The first English school he entered was the Indiana 
University. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 
Mr. Stanley was a private in the army and also a seaman in 
the United States^ navy during the late war. Mr. Stanley is a 
devoted student of books and men and things. 

John G. Stewart, LL. B., Richland. 

Willis Tandy, born September 10, 1850, in Ghent, Kentucky. 
Residence, Ghent, Kentucky. Educated in Center College, 
Kentucky, receiving, on graduating, the degree A. B., and from 
Ghent College the degree A. M., and from Indiana University 
the degree LL. B. Occupation and position, teacher of mathe- 
matics from 1875 until 1878; since, attorney at law in Ghent. 

^ew^ton M. Taylor, born October 3, 1847, at Attica. Resi- 
dence, Danville, Indiana. Education : a graduate of Indiana 
Asbury Universit}', from which he received the degree B. S. in 
1879 ; degree LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation and po- 
sition, attorney at law ; in 1880, Prosecuting Attorney of the 
Nineteenth Judicial District Circuit. 

1876. 

Richard Benson, LL. B., Rushville. 

Albert Davis, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1875. 

John F. Dillon, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Department, 
Class 1874. 

Charles Hall Dillon, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1874. 

James Robison Funk, born December 31, 1847, at Milltown. 
Residence, Fredericksburg, Indiana. Educated and received 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 361 



diploma from IS'ational Normal Business lustitute, Lebanon, 
Ohio. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Benjamin Terry Halstead, bom March 30, 1850, at Brook- 
lyn, New York. Residence, Harbor Springs, Michigan. 
Educated at Michigan Agricultural College, receiving the de- 
gree B. S. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, till 1879 
teacher; since attorney at law; in 1878, Superintendent of 
schools; Justice of the Peace in 1882-86; Prosecuting At- 
torney of Manitou County, Michigan, in 1884-86; member of 
the Board of Trustees of Harl>or Springs graded scliools in 
1884-88. 

Nathaniel IT. Hill, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate De[)art- 
ment, Class 1875. 

Alfred Graham Howe, born April 4, 1853, in Monroe 
County, Indiana. Residence, Kuoxville, Tennessee, ('87). 
Educated at Bloomington, Indiana. . Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 
tion, attorney at law; married Mary B. Jennings, of Shel])y- 
ville, Indiana. 

Terrence McCleary, LL. B., Rochester. 

William E. McCord, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, 1872. 

Benjamin Franklin Mason, born A})ril 3, 1849, in Wayne 
County. Residence, Hagerstown, Indiana. Educated at 
Hagerstown high school and at Richmond. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation, attorney at law. 

AVilliam Riley Myers, born August 26, 1852, near Keiths- 
burg, Illinois. Residence, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kan- 
sas. Educated at Marengo Academy, Crawford County. De- 
gree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Clarence Wirt Stephenson, born March 25, 1851, at Pen- 
dleton. Residence, Wabash, Indiana. Educated at Indiana 
Asbury University, and received on graduating the degree 
A. B. Degree, LL. B., Indiana University. Occupation, at- 
torney at law; Mayor of Wabash City (1882). Married Miss 
Fannie S. Town, May 28, 1879. 

Sylvester Stark, LL. B., Terre Haute. 

Walter B. Swaine, born in Knightstown, Indiana, 1854. 
Died April 10, 1880, at Knightstown. Educated in the 



362 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Kuiglitstowii public schools. Entered the Law Department of 
the University in 1874. Degree, LL. B. Occupation and posi- 
tion : Mr. Swaine was a successful and unusually promising 
lawyer, practicing in Henry and Eush counties, Indiana. 

David Nem^ton Taylor, A. M., LL. B. See Collegiate De- 
l^artment. Class 1874. 

Jesse Day Trueblood, A. M., LL. B, See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1874. 

(3wen Jason Wood, horn August 10, 1853, at Crown Point, 
Lake County, Indiana. Besidence, Montevideo, Chippewa 
County, Minnesota. Educated in Crown Point High School. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation and position, attorney at law; 
Prosecuting Attorney Twelfth Judicial District, Minnesota, 
1879-83. 

Calvin Ruter Worrall, born May 24, 1855, in Marion, Iowa. 
Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated in part at Indiana 
Aslnny (now DePauw) University, leaving at the end of the 
junior year. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law; 
politician. Delivered the valedictoiy of Law Class, 1876. 
Member of Legislature, 1886, and one of the educational com- 
mittee. 

Clinton Calvert Worrall, born June 19, 1857, in Marion, 
Iowa. Residence, Bloomington, Indiana. Educated for four 
years at DePauw University, Greencastle. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation, attorney at law. Has traveled as a professional 
tourist extensively through the United States. 

Gaylord Grisavold Barton, born April 11, 1844, at Washing- 
ton, Indiana. Residence, Washington, Indiana. Educated at 
grammar school, Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y., and 
public schools of Daviess Count}^, Indiana. Degree, LL. B. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law ; Deputy Clerk for 
six years of Daviess County Court, before entering the Law 
Department ; after graduation he made a tour through Ireland, 
England and France before admission to the bar ; Mr. Barton 
was admitted as an attorney of the Daviess County Court, 
October 9, 1887. 

Albert Mild Beattie, born June 10, 1853, at Ruggles, Ohio. 
Residence, New London, Huron County, Ohio. Educated at 
Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Degree, LL. B. Occupa- 



HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 363 

tion and position, attorney at law ; teacher ; in 1880 was elected 
Mayor of New London, Ohio. (1882) Mr. Beattie is a member 
of the Baptist Church. 

Luther B. Bunnell, A. B., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1875. 

Matthew F. Burke, born December 8, 1855, at Washington, 
Indiana ; Residence, Washington, Indiana. Educated at Wash- 
ington public schools and at St. Louis University. Degrees, 
A. B., St. Louis University ; LL. B., Indiana University. 

Isaac N. Clayburg, born October 6, 1847, at Richland County, 
Ohio. Residence, Mansfield, Ohio. Educated at Savannah Acad- 
emy, Ashland County, Ohio, and Smithville High School, Wayne 
County, Ohio. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

John J. Dille, born iSTovember 18, 1857, at Antioch, Indiana. 
Residence, Huntington, Indiana. Educated at TsTorthern In- 
diana Xormal School. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney 
at law; partner of J. B. Kenner, of Law Class, 1871, with a 
large and lucrative practice. 

James Wesley Douthit, born January 15, 1848, in Decatur 
County, Indiana. Residence, Rensselaer, Indiana. Educated 
at Hartsville University ; B. S., Hartsville University. Degree, 
LL. B. Occupation, attorne_y at law. 

Arnold F. Farrer, born May 29, 1857, at Peru. Died June 
17, 1877, at Peru, Indiana. Educated at high school of Peru. 
He attended law school in Chicago the year preceding his 
attending the Indiana University, where he received the degree 
LL. B. Mr. Farrer's death was caused by the accidental dis- 
charge of a revolver he was examining a few days after his 
graduation. 

Barton Stone Higgins, born August 11, 1849, at Milford, 
Decatur County. Residence, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana. 
Educated in Boone County common schools ; afterwards a year 
and a half at Ladoga Academy and six months at jSTotre 
Dame. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

Walter S. Mendenhall, born October 28, at Richmond. 
Residence, Indianapolis. Educated at the Friends' Boarding 
School, Providence, Rhode Island. From this institution he 
received the degree A. B. Degree, LL. B., Indiana University. 
Occupation, attorney at law and book-keeping. 



364 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

James W. Morrison, born December 15, 1853, at Middle Fork. 
Residence, Frankfort, Indiana. Educated at Wabash College. 
Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at law. 

McHenry Owen, born in Owen township, Jackson County. 
Residence, Leesville, Indiana. His early education was at 
Clear Spring, Jackson County. He entered the Junior Law 
Class in 1874. During the college year, 1875-6, he took a select 
literary course, and the year following returned to the Law 
Department, graduating with the class of 1877. During his 
first year the old-time spelling school was revived, and l)ecame 
popular in Bloomington, and he succeeded in taking about all 
the prizes in such contests. During his three years' course he 
was a member of the Philomathean Literary Society. He be- 
gan the practice of law at Brownstown in August, 1877, and 
so continued there till 1881, two years of which time he was 
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. October 8, 1879, he was mar- 
ried to Miss Ada E. Smith, daughter of W. Iv. Smith, ot 
Leesville, where, in addition to mercantile and agricultural 
pursuits, he was editor of the Leesville Graphic until OctoV)er, 
1886, when he was, under the Civil Service Rules, appointed a 
special examiner of the pension office. He served in such ca- 
pacity until June 30, 1889, when, because of a change of ad- 
ministration, he was not reappointed. While acting in such 
capacity he was stationed at different cities in the State of 
Ohio. In September, 1889, he removed to Bedford, Indiana, 
and resumed the practice of law. 

Arnold J. Padgett, born October 28, 1855, Daviess County. 
Residence, Washington, Indiana. Educated in the Washing- 
ton High School. Degree, LL. B. Occupation, attorney at 
law ; in 1882, Prosecuting Attorney. 

]^oah Jefferson Sheckell, born October 8, 1852, in Crawford 
County. Residence, Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska. Ed- 
ucated at Hartsville University, receiving therefrom the de- 
grees, B. S. and M. S. Degree, LL. B., Indiana University. 
Occupation and position, attorney at law ; Police Judge of Te- 
kamah, Nebraska, and County Attorney since 1871. 

William W. Spencer, B. S., LL. B. See Collegiate Depart- 
ment, Class 1875. 

Elbridge Gerry Wilson, LL. B., Paoli, Indiana. 



NON-GRADUATE LAW STUDENTS. 



The names without class indication are Juniors. Those marked Sen. (Senior), attended 

the Senior Class and were for the most part practicing lawyers, or students not intending to 

graduate. ^, 

lear. 

William Addison Lawreiiceville, Tenn..Soii. 1874 

James W. Allen Rockville 1848 

Edward B. Allen Terre Haute 1850 

Andrew J. Arnold Bloomington 1877 

Perri S. Askreii Corydoir. 1872 

Samuel D. Ayres Frankfort 1872 

Daniel Barbour Terre Haute 1848 

William Borland Barnes Bloomington 1 857 

Zaehariali T. Barton Prineeton 1876 

John S. Bays Wortliington 1871 

David Enoch Beem Spencer 1859 

A. L. Benham Lebanon 1853 

Richard Benson Pushville Sen. 187<) 

Edward W. Black Terre Haute 187G 

Augustine W. Blair Randolph, TsL 1844 

I. W. Blasdell Lawrenceburg 1853 

James B.Boyle Butler .''. 187H 

Louis M. Boyle Stewartsville 1863 

John T. Breckinridge Booneville ■ 1852 

John H. Bradley Laporte ...1871 

Peter A. Brady." Campbell, 111 1873 

Lawson T. Brannaman Clear Springs 1874 

Charles F. Brenton Fort AVayne 1870 

Charles A. Brown Grandville, HI 1845 

William Brow n Howard County 1 850 

D. Gray Brown Bl oomington 1 870 

Daniel R. Browning Spencer 1863 

Leander S. Burdick Bedford 1873 



366 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

David V. Burns kSharpsville 1866 

Alfred D. Buskirk Worthington 1874 

Samuel W. Buskirk Blooniington Sen. 1874 

Samuel D. Buttz Quincy, 111 1870 

H. D.Caklwell Sullivan 1853 

James W. Canine Galveston 1877 

David R. Carpenter Cainsville, Mo 1874 

C. D. Cavins BloomHeld 1853 

William Charles Grayville, 111 1853 

James T. Chittenden Ilartsville 1856 

J. Chord South Bend 1853 

John E. Cline Lanesville 1856 

Thomas R. Cobb Bedford' 1^54 

Jonathan Cobb Pine V i llage 1858 

George W. Collings Rockville Sen. 1875 

David A. Combs Bloomington, 111 1853 

Samuel W. Conboy ... , Butlersville 1877 

Henry E. Cook ^ew Albany 1867 

Oliver H. Cook Huntington 1877 

George W. Cornelius Wayne Sen. 1847 

John M. Cowan Frankfort Sen. 1845 

Baron D. Crawford New Albany Sen. 1875 

Chilton A. Darnell Bainbridge Sen. 1848 

James R. Davidson Rensselaer 1871 

William H. Davis Poseyville 1874 

James Davis Jamestown 1877 

Thomas W. Denton Butlersville 1868 

Samuel F. Denton Butlersville 1870 

W. S. Denton. Indianapolis Sen. 1877 

Alman H. Dickey Indianapolis 1873 

Webster Dixon Vernon 1873 

Matthew Donaldson Walkertown 1871 

Joseph M. Dorr Yali)araiso 1856 

W. P. Douthit Franldin 1853 

Sandford H. Drybread Nineveh 1873 

Washington C. Duncan Nashville Sen. 1877 

Samuel H. Dunn Spencer 1869 

Harry Durand Bloomington 1877' 

William B.Durl)orow AVilliamsport 1877 

M. S.Durham Terre Haute 1853 

William H. Edwards Mitchell 1867 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 367 

Eli Edwards Mitchell 1871 

James W. Eller Bloomingtoii 1870 

Henry W. Elwyii Oakland'city 1870 

Weston Ernison Vincennes 1866 

William N". Engard Thorntown 1872 

James P. Ennis Martinsville 1871 

J. C. Farris Uensselaer 1850 

George W. Fellenger Terre Haute 1876 

Amos Frost , Vernon a 1844 

Eli C. Galbretli Greenfield 1871 

S. George Maxwell, O 1876 

J. Wright Gladish Petersburg 1877 

John C. Graham Washington 1853 

James H. G reen Lanes vill e 1856 

Samnel Griffin Ogden 1868 

Enos P. Gwinn San Francisco, Cal 1873 

Eli B. Hamilton Terre Haute 1866 

William S. Harbert Terre Haute 1866 

Ohver A. Harker St. Louis, Mo 1867 

Albert G. Harris Macon, HI ,. 1868 

Ben. F. Harris Richmond Sen. 1875 

B. F. Harrison Georgetown 1876 

Joseph M. Hart Baton Rouge, La 1870 

George W. Hart Lee 1871 

J. McD. Haskell Marietta, 1850 

William S. Hastings La})orte 1854 

Ed. Ruthvin Hatfield Concordia, Ky 1859 

David J. Heffron Washington 1869 

^James Scott Hester Bloomington Sen. 1844 

Willis Hickman Spencer 1877 

William S. Hillyer New Albany 1850 

Virgil M. Hobbs Salem 1875 

J. McG. C. Holden Perrysville Sen. 1848 

David Holland Henry 1848 

William G. Holland Bennington 1870 

Jesse L. H. Holman Aurora 1851 

Melville C. Hoss Bloomington 1874 

John W. Horner Lanesville 1873 

'■■'J. Scott Hester is mentioned as one of the graduating class in the proceedings of the 
Board, and as a resident graduate of the Law Department in Catalogue, 1845; his name is 
omitted in the list of graduates of Law Department in Catalogues of 1875, 1885 and 1886. 



3H8 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

David O. House Harrodsburg 1878 

George P. Huckely Rome 1863 

Anderson B. Hunter Johnson Sen. 1848 

M. Craig Hunter, Jr Blooinington 1875 

William H. H. Hunter Versaille^ 1859 

Nathaniel Huntington Laporte 1851 

Barnes Hutson Vandalia Sen. 1875 

John Ingles Centre Point 1 874 

J. W. Irwin Elkhart 1847 

Joseph S. Jenekes, Jr Terre Haute 1857 

George A. Johnson JSTew Castle 1850 

Thomas J. Johnson ]^ew Harmony 1865 

Charles E. Johnston Spencer Sen. 1877 

Henry C. Jones Versailles 1873 

Alexander C. Jones Brookville Sen. 1875 

Lewis A. Keller iSTew Albany 1855 

Calvin Kelsey Bloomtield 1853 

J. Edgar Kenton Bloomington 1866 

David^M. Kinsall Omaha, 111 1875 

George A. Kirland Indianapolis 1865 

W. D. Lee Terre Haute 1853 

Jacob r. Lindley Eldora, Iowa 1877 

Richard T. Long Charlestown 1855 

Robert McAfee^ Bedford 1856 

A. M. McElhaney Randolph 1853 

A. V. McKee.. .'. Greensburg 1853 

George W. McKeaig Louisville, Ky 1851 

William E. McLean Terre Haute 1851 

Paul A. McMinn Darlington 1851 

Joseph T. McMinn Logansport 1866 

William Malott Cic^-o 1875 

Philip A. Marquam Lafayette... Sen. 1848 

James L, Mason Brownsville 1855 

James E. Matthews Bloomington 1859 

James W. Mavity Titusville 1869 

Christian P. Mayer Palestine 1859 

David H. Maxwell Roekville 1848 

E. W. Meeks Fort Wayne Sen. 1877 

James A. Mershon Bloomington 1875 

Josiah Miller Chester, S. C....' 1853 

John Millen Bloomington 1847 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 369 

James L. Mitchell Blooniingtoii 1859 

William W. Moffett Spencer". 1877 

Sylvester A. Montgomery Carmi, 111 1874 

William B. Montgomery Linden 1875 

Calvin C. Morrical Laporte 1857 

Francis M. Moyer Elizabethtown, 111 Sen. 1877 

Angnstns O'Bryan Delphi 1870 

Andrew S. Oliphant Terre Haute 1870 

T. S. Osborn St. Louis, Mo 1853 

Gabriel M. Overstreet Franklin Sen. 1847 

George W. Parrish Cuba 1865 

Anderson Percifield iSTashville : 1874 

Jehu W. Perkins Lebanon 1 872 

William E. Pinney Laporte 1872 

Joseph T. Pressley Rush 1851 

Jacob M. Ranard Whitehall 1862 

Robert B. Ranard Whitehall 1864 

Theodore Read Bloomington 1855 

Edward P. Richardson Petersburg 1870 

Aurelius W. Roberts Bruc,eville 1854 

Mareellus P. Roberts Bruceville 1856 

James W. Roberts Buckland, Mo. 1866 

Melville C. Robertson Paris 1864 

Middleton G. Robertson Deputy 1877 

Alfred Rogers Bloomington Sen. 1863 

G. E. Ross Logaiis})ort 1877 

Valentine C. Rucker ...Farmington, Mo 1866 

William Rude Morgantown 1877 

Isaac N. Senter Lawrence County 1845 

D. W. Shafer.. Franklin ". 1852 

Henry Shannon Thornton 1853 

Samuel R. Shannon Carmi, 111 1871 

David Shelby Eugene 1851 

Harvey E. Shields Terre Haute 1868 

Charles K Shook Versailles 1847 

Samuel W. Short Springville 1847 

Burnet W. Short Springville 1847 

Thales Short Springville 1876 

Leander Simons Warren 1877 

John S. Smith Rushville 1868 

Benjamin F. Smith Fort Wayne 1877 



370 HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

IS'ewton B. Smith Kokonio 1877 

William C. Smith Kokomo 1877 

Robert F. Stanley Beech Grove 1871 

William P. Stanley Beech Grove 1871 

B. C. Stewart Richland 1852 

Carroll S. Tandy Ghent, Ky 1875 

J. T. Taylor ....." Elizabethtown, 111 1876 

A. M. Thompson Fort Wayne 1852 

David H. Thompson Little York Sen. 1875 

Charles A. Thompson Delphi 1875 

George W. Thornton Lumpkin, Ga 1853 

Thomas V. Thornton Bedford 1870 

Hiram S. Tousley .' Fort Wayne .Sen. 1848 

Thomas J. Tuley New Albany 1864 

Leander J. S. Turney Fairfield, 111 Sen. 1848 

Arthur P. Twineham Terre Haute 1872 

John Van Trees Washington 1853 

James W. Walker Rushvihe 1851 

A. Hinkston Welch Pendleton 1875 

Joseph W. Wharton ...Worthington 1871 

David F. White Fairfield 1877 

Erie Woolery Bedford 1870 

Charles Whitted Springville 1876 

James Wilkins Washington 1857 

James R. Williams Carmi, 111 1875 

George Wilson Lafayette 1877 

Thomas S. Wood Wilmington 1845 

LeRoy Woods N'ew CaWe 1868 

Alexander Yates L^tica, Miss 1851 

Henry A. Yeager Fort Branch 1870 



SUPPLEMENT TO COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. 



Supposing that the catahjgue would have been published iii 
1888, no efltbrt was made to bring it up to the present time. 
To supply the deiiciency, to some degree, the following lists of 
Professor selected since 1887, and graduates from the same date, 
are subjoined : 



LLST OF PROFESSORS APPOINTED SINCE THE CLOSE OF 
THE CATALOGUE IN 1887. 

J. Sterlino Ivingsley, D. Se. A graduate of Williams Col- 
lege. Professor of Zoology. Resigned in 1889, and accepted 
a professorship in the State University, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Henry Beman Miter, A, M. Resigned, 1890. Professor of 
Rhetoric and Oratory. 

Carl Osthans of the University of Gottingen. Associate 
Professor of German, 1888. 

James Austin Mitchell, A. B., 1888-90. Instructor in Pre- 
paratory Department till its close. 

James Ellis Humphrey, A. B., of Harvard L'^^niversity. In- 
structor in Botany, 1888-89. 

Robert Judson Aley, A. B., 1888-89. Instructor in Mathe- 
matics. 

Charles Henry Gilbert, Ph. D. Professor Gill)ert was As- 
sistant Professor in Biology and German from 1880 to 1884, 
Accepted a Professorship in Cincinnati Medical College; re- 
turned to Indiana L^niversity in 1890. 



372 HIvSTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



Thomas McCabe, Ph. D. Professor of Germanic Languages 
and Literature, 1890. 

Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, Ph. D., 1890. Professor of Eco- 
nomics and Social Science. 

Earl Barnes, 1890. Professor of History. 

David Demaree Banta, B. S., LL. B., Indiana University, 
LL. D., Franklin, Dean of the Department of Law, 1890. See 
sketch of, among Alumni, 1855. 

George William Sanderson, A. M., LL. B., 1890. Professor 
of Rhetoric and Oratory. 

Ernest Wilson Hufpcut, B. S., LL. B., 1890. Professor- 
elect of Law. 

Franklin Fuller Gunn, A. B., 1890. Associate Professor 
of Latin and Greek. 

Edward Howard Griggs, A. B., 1890. Instructor in English. 

Robert Edavard Lyons, A. B., 1890. Instructor in Chemistry. 

Charles Marion Carpenter, A. B., 1890. Instructor in 
Mathematics. Professor Carpenter has lately accepted the po- 
sition of Principal of the High and Graded Schools of Bloom- 
ington. 

Louis Rkttger, A. B. Instructor in Mineralogy and Ilis- 
toloa"v. 



The following are the eourscs of study pursued in the Uni- 
versity, in the year 1890 : 

I. Greek, Professor Hoffman. 

II. Latin, Professoi- Atwater, and Professor Gunn, As- 
sociate. 

III. Komanc-e Languages, Professor Karsten. 

IV. Germanic Languages, Professor McCahe, and Pro- 
fessor Osthaus, Associate. 

V. English Language and Literature, Professor Clark, 
and Edward Howard Griggs, Instructor. 

VI. Rhetoric and Oratorv, Professor vSanderson. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



87:^ 



VII. History, Professor Barnes. American History, Pro- 
fessor Woodburn. 

VIII. Economics and Social Science, Professor Jenks. 
IX. Philosophy, Professor Bryan. 
X. Pedagogics, Professor Boone. 
XL Mathematics, Professor Swain. Professor Greein 
Associate, John A. Miller, Instrnctor. 

XII. Physics, Professor Xaylor ; A. Lee Foley, Instructor. 

XIII. Chemistry, Professor Van Xliys, and Robert E. Ly- 
ons, Instrnctor. 

XIV. Geology, Professor Branner and Professor Jordan. 
XV. Zoology, Professor Gilbert, an.l Louis Retger, In- 
structor. 

XVI. Botany, Professor Cami.l>ell. 
XVII. Law, Professor Banta. Dean, and Professor Hutfeut, 
Professor. 



GRADUATES OF 1HS8. 



Robert Judson Aley *Math. 

Myrtle Alma (Logan) Beale Gi'- 

J.Frank Benham •. ^^'<^'"^- 

Idelle Blcknell ^^''''• 

Clara Amelia (Sluss) Blcknell Ger. 

George M. Braxton..... ^**^'- 

Jennie Bryan ^y* 

Charlotte A. (Lowe) Bryan Gr. 

.-The different departments in which the specialty of each 
by the abbreviations, thus : ^^^^ 

Bot. Botany. pj^ 

Chem. Chemistry. p^.^" 

Eng. English. '^ 

Geol. Geology. ' 

Ger. Germanic Lnnguages. ^""i- 

Gr. Greek. . 

Hist. History. 
Lat. Latin. 

25— History. 



Spencer. 

Clarksbui'g. 

Richmond. 

liicknell. 

Bloomlngton. 

Bloomington. 

Bloomlngton. 

Indianapolis. 

itudent is taken are indicated 

Mathematics. 

Pedagogics. 

Philosophy. 

Physies. 

Romance Languages. 

Social Science. 

Zoology. 



374 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



Lawrence V. Buskirk, Pli. B Soc. 

Oscar Chrisman Hist. 

David A. Cox Cheni. 

Daniel Driscol Phil. 

Frank Brown Foster Gr. 

William Harper Foster Gr. 

Harry E. Gabe Eng. 

William E. M. Golden Eng. 

Jennie Taylor (Fry) Griggs Rom. 

Robert Foster Hight Zool. 

Joseph Henry Howard Ger. 

Ralph Jones Phil. 

Philip H. Kirsch Biol. 

Frank Felix Lodeman Ger. 

Benj. Franklin Mathews Gr. 

Josie Millen Ger. 

Albert Miller Chem. 

Lonella T. Morris Ger. 

Willard L. Morrison Phil. 

Haidee C. Xiickols Ger. 

Henry J. Ratts Phil. 

Ella Rawles Eng. 

Jolm S. Sliannon Hist. 

Kate Shannon ' Gr. 

Rophia May Sheeks Eng. 

Elbert Jeter Stalker Gr. 

Glenn Leslie Swiggett Phil. 

Joseph F. Thornton Ger. 

Mand F. VanZandt Eng. 

Alfred Scott Wartthin Eng. 

Lora Wilson Lat. 



Bloomington. 

Gosport. 

Evansville. 

Bedford. 

Morning Sim, 0. 

Morning Sun, 0. 

Bloomington. 

^ew Harmony. 

Indianapolis. 

Bloomington. 

Indianapolis. 

Franklin. 

Grawfordsville. 

Ypsilanti, Mich. 

Shelbyville, Ky. 

Wichita, Kan. 

Xew Harmony. 

JMilton. 

Alpha. 

Bloomington. 

Wakeland. 

Bloomington. 

Green sbnrg. 

C]arksl)ni'g. 

Bloomington. 

Bedford. 

Cambridge City. 

Bedford. 

Bloomington. 

Greensbni'g. 

Bloomine'ton. 



GRADUATES OF 1889. 



Albert R. Abel Hist. Boundary. 

Emma Bain.. Eng. Martinsville. 

Alfred Herbert Bcldon Hist. Tampico. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



375 



* Charles Harvey BoUman Zool. 

John Robert Brill Hist. 

Joseph C. Bryan Phil. 

Charles M. Carpenter Math. 

Homer Bliss Dibell Soc. 

Fletcher Baseom Dresslar Phil. 

Bert Fesler Zool. 

Edward Howard Griggs Math. 

•Charles Elmer Ileiney Ger. 

William W. Holmes Hist. 

Thomas M. Honan Soc. 

James B. Hughes Hist. 

Russell King Ger. 

Henry Clinton Kinzie Hist. 

Effie Lemonds Ger. 

Theodore J. Louden Hist. 

Robert Edward Lyons Chem. 

Ada McMahan Gr. 

William A. Millis Phil. 

James L. Mitchell, Jr Lat. 

Webster Y. MofFett Hist. 

Fred. Segal Monical Phil. 

Frederick V. Moss Phys. 

AVilliam Alonzo Mussett Phil. 

John Roscoe Mutz Chem. 

Creed Myers Gr. 

Christian jS^ewm'an Ger. 

Jonathan Truman Perigo Math. 

John B. Phillips !. Ger. 

Charles E. Remsberg Soc. 

Charles A. Rhetts Gr. 

Willard Robertson Hist. 

Bessie Rogers Ger. 

Ella Ryan" Ger. 

Joseph H. Shea Hist. 

Frederick C. Test Zool. 

Arnold Tompkins Ped. 

Howard L. Wilson Gr. 

. * Deceased. 



Bloomington. 

Centre Valley. 

Bloomington. 

Manchester. 

Wolcott. 

Waverly. 

Indianapolis. 

Indianapolis. 

Andi'cws. 

Lima. 

Seymour. 

Redwood City, Cal. 

Indianapolis. 

South Bend. 

Rockport. 

Bloomington. 

Bloomington. 

IIunting])urg. 

Paoli. 

Indianapolis. 

Spencer. 

Brooklyn. 

IlToblesville. 

Grayville, 111. 

Edinburg. 

Gosport. 

Mt. Vernon. 

Boonville. 

Holt, Mich. 

West Lebanon. 

Salem. 

Brownstown. 

Bloomington. 

Bloomington. 

Lexington. 

Lafayette. 

Greencastle. 

Arcadia. 



376 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



GKADITATES OF im). 



Williaiu M. Andrews Bot. 

Earl Barnes Ped. 

Keg'ina Bitner Ger. 

Eugene W. Boliaiiiion Ped. 

Caroline H. Brown Hist. 

RichardEllsworth (^dl Geol. 

A. Harvey Collins Hist. 

Ella M. Corr Eng. 

James B. Cook, Jr Soc. 

William R.'Cravens Cliem. 

Schuyler C. Davisson Math. 

Erank Mayo Drew Zool. 

Charles H. Drybread Ghem. 

Arthur Lee Foley ^'liys. 

George A. Gordon Gr. 

Kellie M. Gordou Gr. 

Frank C. Groninger Hist. 

William James Hannah Soe. 

Samuel B, Harding Gr. 

Frank H. Hatfield Chem. 

James Harvey Hayworth Math. 

Robert Hessler Ghem. 

Walter Dunn Howe Lat. 

Jesse Wesley Hubbard Hist. 

Manson U. Johnson Soc. 

Everett Orville Jones Zool. 

Jessie Knight Jordan Ger, 

Isaac Anderson Loeb Soc. 

Ida Louden Eng. 

Charles Roll Madison Hist. 

John Anthony Miller Math. 

Peter Benton Monical Chem. 

Hiram W. Monical Ped. 

Maurice G. Moore Chem. 

George D. Morris Rom. 

Charles A. Mosemiller Ger, 

Edwa rd O'Don nel 1 Soc. 



Bloomingtou. 

MortviUe, N. Y. 

Warsaw. 

Boonville. 

Indianapolis. 

Des Moines, Iowa. 

Salem. 

Bloomingtou. 

Glenwood. 

Bloomfield. 

Galveston. 

Bunker Hill, III. 

Xineveh. 

Gem. 

Cedar Rapids, la. 

Cedar Rapids, la. 

Caiuden. 

Davison, Mich. 

Indianapolis. 

Boonville. 

Greencastle. 

Connersville. 

jSTew London, Conn. 

Bloomingtou. 

Summittville. 

Red Wing, Minn. 

Bloomingtou. 

A-uderson. 

Bloomingtou, 

Bloomingtou. 

Kokomo. 

Orangeville. 

Brooklyn. 

A'incennes. 

Knoxville. 

Jeifersonville. 

Mitchell. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. . 377 

J. Frank H. Post Cliein. Murpliysboro', 111. 

Josephine Pittman Ger. Blooniington . 

Alpheus J. Reynolds Hist. Maxwell. 

Henry Wilson Ronfi Phil. Indiana, Pa. 

John Everett Shepardson Ped. >Shoids. 

Edwin E. Starbuck Math. Bridgeport. 

Charles W. Stewart Hist. Marengo. 

Bedford Vance Sndbnry Hist. Bloornington. 

Alice Test Ger. Richmond. 

John B. Wisely Eng. Terre Haute. 



THE FIRST COLLEGE CATALOGUE. 



This catalouge is dated Bloomington, Indiana, August 17, 
1831. It gives a list of the Board of Trustees — a list of the 
Visitors at that time — the Faculty, together with statements 
respecting the studies of the College and Preparatory Classes, 
the manner in which the studies are conducted and the general 
discipline of tlie Institution. It closes with a catalogue of the 
students and their places of residence. Without any distinction 
of classes, generally, only the surnames are given : 

Mr. Alexander Bloomington, Ind. 

Allen Louisville, Ky . 

AUison Spencer, Ind. 

S. Anderson Washington County, Pa. 

Wm. Anderson Indianapolis, Ind. 

W. I. Anderson Monroe County, Ind. 

Ezra Baker : Wabash County, 111. 

Ed. Baker Wabash County, 111. 

L. Bollman AVilliamsport, Pa. 

Barbour Vigo County, Ind. 

Bowles St. Marj^'s Parish, La. 

Campbell Louisville, Ky . 

Carr Buck County, Pa. 

Curry Harrison County, Ky. 

Dagger Bottetourt County, Va. 

Denson Lawrence County, Ind. 

Dodds ALonroe C'Ounty, Ind. 

Downing Harrison County, Ky . 

Dunn Hanover, Ind. 

Evans Owen County, Ind. 

Freela n d Monroe County, Ind. 

Givens Ohlham County, Ky. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. S79 

Harney Bloomington, Iiid. 

Jones Bloomington, Ind. 

Ketcham Monroe Coantj, Ind. 

Kyle Madison, Ind. 

8. Leffler Ohio County, Va. 

I. Leffler (3hio County, Va. 

Lowe Bl oonii ngt on , In d . 

Maryh Xew Albany, Ind. 

Maxwell Bloomington, Ind. 

McCoy Clark County, Ind. 

MeClure Madison, Ind. 

McPheeters Fayette County, Ky. 

Miller , Washington County, Pa. 

Mitchell Shelby County Ky. 

S. Mitchell Columbus, Ind. 

Nichols Mon roe County, Ind. 

Pettit , Washington, Miss. 

I.Porter , Bloomington, Ind. 

S. Porter Bloomington, Ind. 

Posey Corydon, Ind. 

C. Randal Burks County, Pa. 

A. Randal Burks County, Pa. 

J. Randal Burks County, Pa. 

Richie Cannonsburg, Pa. 

Roach Bloomington , Ind. 

Thickston Harrison County, Ind. 

Throop Bloomington, Ind. 

Townsend Putnam ville, Ind. 

Turnstall Jeffersonville, Ind. 

Seward ; Bloomington, Ind. 

Small Wayne County, Ind. 

Smith Monroe County, Ind. 

Wylie Bloomington, Ind. 

Walker Brook County, Va. 

Watts Dearborn County, Ind. 

Wal lace Bloomington. 

Yandes Indianapolis, Ind. 

Yewell Oldham Countv, Ky. 



LLST OF STUDENTS, ETC. 



AVhen the State is not given, Indiana is understood. Se. or Sen. stands for Senior ; Ju. 
for Junior ; So. for Sophomore ; Fr. for Freshman : Pr. for Preparatorj' ; Irr., Irregular, 
and Sel., Select, mean the same— those students who were not in the regular classes, and 
took select studies. This list of those who attended, but are not graduates of Indiana Uni- 
versity, is taken from a nearly complete file of the annual catalogues of the University. In 
the ''First Co'lege Catalogue," printed entire (see p. 378) graduates and non-graduates are 
presented indiscriminately. 

Joseph Abel l>loomiiigtt)ii Pp., 1845 

diaries C. Aekelmire lirazil ...". Fr., 1877 

Haninel Adams Brown County Vw, 1852 

A^^illiam B. Adams Keinsville Pr., 1855 

Andrew J. Adams.. Reynolds Pr., 18(30 

James Watts Adams Xasbville Pr., 1866 

George A. iVdams Morgantown Sel., 1871 

Emma Adams Bloomiiigtoii I*r., 187H 

Joseph E. Adams Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Jennie Adams Bloomi ngton Pr., 1 8S2 

William 11. Adkiiis Hopeville Pr., 1860 

James M. Adkins Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Ella J. Adkins Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Charles C. Agar Princeton EL, 1878 

Ransom AV. Akin Bloomington Pr., 1861 

William O. Albertson Orleans .r. Pr., 1866 

Joseph Aley Little York Fr., 1870 

William Alexander Bloomington Pr., 1835 

J. W. Alexander Gosport Pr., 1845 

Jackson LI. Alexander Gosport Irr., 1848 

James M. Alexander Gosport Irr., 1847 

James W. Alexander Gosport Irr., 1847 

W. d. Alexander Greene Connty Irr., 1850 

John Alexander Bloomington Irr., 1858 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 881 

William M. Alexander Bloomington In-,, 1853 

James H. Alexander Bloomino;ton Pr., 1853 

Joseph P. Alexander Bloomington Fr., 1854 

William S. Alexander Bloomington So., 1861 

Thomas F. Alexander Sparta, 1 Fr., 1862 

John Arthnr Alexander Bloomington Fr., 1867 

Joseph S. Alexander Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Joseph B. Alford Alfordsvyie Fr., 1867 

James M. Allen Roekville So., 1846 

.1. W. Allen Monroe Connty Pr., 1850 

William J. Allen Bloomington Pr., 1852 

Harry \\ Allen Roekville Fr., 1864 

Rohert A.Allen Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Paris W. Allen Monnt Meridian Pr., 1867 

Hamlet Allen Washington Fr., 1872 

Jesse Allen A\"est Xewton I'r., 1876 

Josei>h Allen Bloomington J*r., 1879 

Lizzie S.Allen Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Mrs. E. A. Allen Hartsville Fr., 1882 

Eli A. Allen Hartsville Se., 1882 

John Allison Floyd C^onnty Irr., ^ 1848 

A'Villiam T. Allison ]*oint Commerce Fr., 1854 

Deborah Allison Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Jessie Allison Bloomington l*r., 1881 

Emma Allison Bloomington So., 1882 

William AUoway Utica .". Pr., 1857 

Henry B. Alvord Indianapolis So., 1860 

Jeremiah Anderson .Greensbnrgh Fr., 1838 

AVesley Anderson Monroe Connty Pr., 1838 

William W. Anderson Monroe Connty Pr., 1846 

John K. Anderson Monroe CVninty Pr., 1848 

Hiram Anderson Compton Pr., 1851 

James M. Anderson Covington Irr. 1850 

Creorge Anderson Covington So., 1854 

Milton Anderson Harrodsbnrg Pr., 1855 

John H. Anderson Evansville Pr., 1857 

Vincent Anderson (iosport Pr., 1860 

William A. Anderson Lewisbnrg, W. Va..Jrr., 1865 

Marcellns H. Anderson Roekville Pr., 1865 

Andrew J. Anderson Ireland Pr., 1874 

Leman C. Anderson Bloomino-ton Pr., 1876 



582 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Lewis II. Anderson Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Sarah Anderson Bloomington So., 1881 

Edgar Andrews Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Lizzie B. Andrews Bloomington Pr., 1880 

David E. Andrews Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Birdie Andrews Bloomington Fr., 1884 

"William E. Angerman Sonth Bethany Pr., 1881 

John H. App Evansville Pr., 1859 

Thomas Applegate Louisville, Ky Pr., 1837 

James P. Applegate Jeft'ersonville So., 1859 

Thomas J. Applegate Corydon Pr., 18G7 

A. G. Archer " Monroe County Pr., 1838 

Robert Archer Bloomington Pr., 1854 

Samuel A. Archer Bloomington Pr., 1860 

Boyal M. Archer Bloomington Trr., 18(35 

James Archibald Brookfield Fr., 186(3 

S. M. Ardell Scotland Pr., 1879 

Edward W. Argenbright Gosport Pr., 1848 

John Armer Warrick Pr., 1851 

Zaehary T. Arms Danville, Pa Jr., 1881 

David P. Armstrong Fayetteville Fr., 1846 

John Armstrong Lawrence Irr., 1848 

James P. Armstrong Spriugville Fr., 1853 

Felix Armstrong Spriugville Fr., 1859 

John S. Armstrong Spriugville Fr., 1864 

William Armstrong A^incennes Sel., 1871 

AVillis E. Armstrong Camden Sel., 1877 

Jeauettc Armstrong Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Thomas H. Arnold Columbus Irr., 1852 

George W. Arnold Columbus Pr., 1852 

William" Arnold Bartholomew Co....Pr., 1845 

Benjamin F. Arnold ..Columbus Pr., 1860 

Frank Arnott Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Enoch S. Arwine Nashville Pr., 1862 

Albert Ashcraft Dresden Fr., 1882 

William R. Asher Martinsville Se., 1883 

Henry S. F. Ashford Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Francis M. Ashford Bloomington Sel., 1871 

James S. Athon Indianapolis Irr., 1864 

Archibald M. Auld Bogart Sands Pr., 1863 

Henry J. Austin New Albany? Pr., 1855 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 383 

Carrie W. Austin Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Francis A. Avard Covington, Ky Fr., 1859 

Guy C. Avery St. Paul Pr., 1863 

Milan Axe Valparaiso Pr., 1858 

Charles J. Axtell Solsberry Sel., 1872 

Samuel W. Axtell Bloomington Sel., 1873 

Martha Axtell Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Isaac L. Ayres Marion Se. So., 1865 

William Z. Ayclelott Xew Albany Irr., 1851 

Horace P. Bachman Logansport Irr.. 1871 

Theodore Bailey Terre Haute Pr.. 1838 

Paris Bailey Monroe County Pr.. 1838 

Henry Bailey Charlottesville Pr., 1842 

William P. Bailey Washington Irr., 1852 

Ellard D. Bailey Vernon' Fr., 1881 

James Bain Martinsville So., 1869 

Samuel J. Baird Bruceville Fr.. 1857 

I. S. Baker Vernon Pr., 1839 

Joseph M. Baker Hillsborough, O Pr.. 1853 

A^:)]iu-y T. Baker Orleans....^ Fr., 1857 

Thomas Hart Benton Baker...Pekin J'r.. 1858 

Samuel W. Baker Bloomington So., 1867 

Sumner W. Baker Warsaw So., 1867 

Joseph H. Baker Stockwell Sel., 1873 

Eli C. Baker Louisville, Ky Sel.. 1875 

William H. Baker Louisville, Ivy Sel., 1875 

Jesse T. Baker Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Arthur li. Baker Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Samuel Logan Baker Greensburgh Jr., 1881 

Frank W. Baker Andrews...^ Fr., 1883 

A. H. Baldwin Harrison County. ...Sci., 1842 

Eli M. Baldwin Lawrence County ...Irr., 1846 

William C. Ball Terre Haute Pr., 1863 

Robert E. Ball Portland Mills Pr., 1875 

Henry Ballantine Ahmednugger, H'n.Pr., 1863 

William G. Ballantine Bloomington Fr., 1864 

John Q. A. Ballard Bloomington Pr., 1838 

Wesley Ballard Bridgeport Irr., 1845 

James G. Bailee Simpsonville, Ky....Pr., 1837 

Viola Banks , Greenfield Fr., 1882 

Lovina Banks Greenfield Fr., 1883 



384 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



Abraham T. Banta Pleasuroville Pr., 1861 

Orson Barber Terre Haute Sen., 1838 

John Barber Madison Irr., 1858 

Frederick Barbour Terre Haute Pr., 1863 

Obadiah F. Barker Scotland Pr., 1848 

Henry Barkman Crothersville Fr., 1880 

John Iv. Barkman Hardensburg Pr., 1880 

Frederick Barnard Hancock Pr., 1848 

Bowhmd Barnes Blooniington Pr., 1847 

William B. Barnes ,Bloomino-ton Irr., 1852 

William O. Barnett Rockport So., 1871 

W. P. Barnhni Salineville, O Pr., 1878 

Florence Barnhill UnionviHe Pr., 1879 

P. David Barr Blooniington Pr., 1856 

Michael \. Barr Grandview, 111 Fr., 1867 

John M. Barrett Milton Irr., 1846 

David Barrow Blooniington Fr., 1876 

Andrew W.Barrow Unionville Pr., 1878 

Spurgeon Barrow Unionville Pr., 1878 

Kichard F. Barter Mount Vernon Fr., 1860 

Charles P. Basham Louisville, Ky Pr., 1865 

John L. Bartmes A^incenues Pr., 1866 

Samuel T. Bartmes Vincennes Pr., 1868 

William H. Bass Boston, Mass Irr., 1852 

Henry Caldwell Barton Louisville, Ky Se., 1859 

Philip H. Barton Washington So., 1859 

Joshua Barwick Brookville So., 1837 

Joseph S. Barwick Brookville Jr., 1837 

Franklin Bass Mitchell Fr., 1867 

Samuel W^. Baswell Blooniington Fr., 1858 

John Basye Troy Irr., 1851 

William Basye ..Troy Irr., 1852 

Booker F. Bates Troy Irr., 1844 

James II. Bates Troy So., 1846 

Thomas W. Bates Troy Pr., 1848 

Henry S. Bates Bloomington Pr., 1866 

Laura E.Bates UnionviUe Pr., 1880 

Olive N. Batman Bedford Pr., 1 882 

Orris Batson Carlisle Pr., 1842 

J. Batterton ...Bloomington Irr., 1839 

Grranville Batterton Bloomington Pr., 1841 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 385 

Williamson Batterton Blooiuiiigtoii Pr., 1845 

George Batterton Bloomington Se., 1857 

David H. M. Batterton Bloomington Fr., 1863 

Milton Batterton Bloomington Fr., 1870 

Frank Batterton Greennhurg Sel., 1877 

J. 11. Bangh Monroe Connty Pr., 1838 

Harvey P. Bangli Monroe County Pr., 1839 

Jose})!! Bangli Monroe Connty ...,Pr., 1850 

Morris C. Banm Evansville , So., 1875 

Sylvester Bayless Franklin Irr., 1840 

John S. Bays Point Commerce l^r., 1868 

Lon. Emma Inixter Bloomington Jr., 1881 

Theodore F. Beach Baltimoiv, Md Pr., 1847 

Schuyler C. Beard A^incennes So., 1882 

Charles Beardsley Elkhart Jr., 1868 

Lillie Beatley Bloomington Pr., 1878 

David S. Beatty Indianapolis Se., 1839 

Marshall Beatty Owenshurg Sel., 1871 

Mary E. Beatty Bh)omington Sel., 1873 

William Beatty Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Preston Beck.! Bolivar, "Mo Fr., 1841 

Jeptha L. Beck Pinhook Pr., 1856 

William L. Beck....". Sellershurg Pr., 1876 

Andrew Jackson Beckett Washington So., 1852 

Peuben Becketts Washington Pr., 1856 

Charles N. Beckham. Bloomington Sel., 1871 

Orlando B. Beckham Bloomington Fr., 1870 

William A. Beckner Wabash ^ Pr., 1846 

John H. Beeson Mooresville Sel., 1872 

Silas Beezley Leesville Pr., 1851 

William K Beezley Medora Jr., 1880 

Stephen Belding.... Washington Fr., 1861 

Hugh W. Bell .^ ..Ogden .^ Pr., 1851 

Ashley M. Bell Hamburg, Ark So., 1870 

Fannie Bell Wheeeling, Va Sel., 1876 

Charles R. Bell Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Thomas Bellows New Providence Fr., 1869 

George Bellows Xew Providence Fr., 1869 

Thomas Benbridge Lafayette Fr., 1856 

Hanford Benedict Luray So., 1860 

Erasmus Bennett Bloomington Pr., 1866 



386 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Perry Bennett Lebanon Pr., 1868 

Louisa N. Bennett Harrodsburg Pr., 1880 

William M. Berry Bloomington Fr., 1855 

Thomas B. Berry Bloomington Pr., 1856 

James E. Berry Bloomington Fr., 1858 

Viola Berry Bloomington Pr,, 1881 

Kobert C. i3ethel Xewbnrg Sel.. 1874 

Albert Bettinger Tell City Jr., 1873 

Thomas Bigham Portland Mills So.. 1848 

Morris Birkbeck New Harmony Fr., 1847 

Frederick N. Birkey Salem 1 Fr., 1854 

Christopher Bisher Montieello Pr., 1864 

Silas F. Bishop Bardstown, Ky Pr., 1864 

Deming Bishop Bloomington Pr.. 1867 

John H. Bishop Mt. Carmel Pr., 1880 

William B. Blaekstone Hebron Sel.. 1878 

James Blair Monroe Connty So.. 1838 

William W. Blair Monroe County Sel.. 1848 

E. Fayette M. Blair Bloomington Fr.. 1842 

James W. Blair Sparta, 111 Fr., 1853 

Kobert R. Blair Orleans Pr., 1875 

Isabel Blair Princeton......' So., 1875 

Maria Blair Princeton So.. 1877 

Agnes M. Blair Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Ada L. Blair Bloomington Fr., 1881 

H. Blake Franklin". Sci., 1845 

Jacob W. Blaisdel Dearborn So.. 1852 

Henry E. Blemker Huntingburg Fr., 1857 

Eli Van Buren Blount West Kinderhook ...Pr., 1856 

Brazillai M. Blount West Kinderhook ...Se., 1859 

Joshua D. Boardman Mooretield Irr., 1852 

Eli P. Boardman Mooretield Pr., 1852 

George Bode Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Lillie C. Boggs Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Anton F. E^Boisen Nordburg, Ger Sel., 1872 

Christian Boisen Leek, Germany Fr., 1879 

George Bollenbacher Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Julia E. Bollenbacher Bloomington Sel.. 1877 

Carrie E. Bollenbacher Bloomington So.. 1879 

Sallie Bollenbacher Bloomington So., 1880 

Jacob I. Bollenbacher Bloomiui^ton l*r.. 1881 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY* 387 

Samuel M. Bolleiil)aelier ...Blooniino'ton Pr., 1881 

Fannie C. Bollenbaelier Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Ootthold Bollinger Tell City Fr., 1872 

Henry Bonehrake Georgetown Pr., 1848 

Edward Bonliam Fairfield, 111 Pr., 1848 

John A.Bonham Hartford City Fr., 1882 

Wal. W. Bonner Spring Hill Ju., 1881 

A. J. Boone Lebanon So., 1845 

John R.Boone Louisville, Ky So., 1861 

John Borden Providence So., 1842 

William Borden Providence Se., 1 842 

John G. Borland Bedford Irr., 1852 

John E. Borland Bloomington Fr., 1856 

Alexander S. Borland Bloomington Pr., 1863 

Minnie Borland Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Walter H. Borland Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Walter X. Borland Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Samuel R. Bottorff Jeffersonville Pr., 1855 

Jonathan Bottorfi:: Charleston Fr., 1867 

Daniel Bowers Russelville Pr., 1847 

J. M. Botts Clay County Irr., 1845 

Alexander 0. Bowlaud Bloomington Pr., 1838 

F. M. Boydon Martin County Pr., 1850 

H. P. S. Boyle Danville, Ky..' Pr., 1837 

James B. Boyle Butler Pr., 1876 

John W. Boynton Oxford Pr., 1854 

Daniel Bowers Putnam County Ju., 1851 

Henry Bowles Evansville Pr., 1848 

John W. Bowman Yazoo, Miss Jr., 1852 

Laura Bowman Middletown Pr., 1878 

Edij-ar Bowser Warsaw So., 1888 

Thomas M. Boyd c Lawrence County. ..Irr., 1851 

David M. Boyle Cynthiana So., 1883 

John H.Boyer Carmi, 111 Pr., 1866 

Fountain Bozeman Posey ville Pr., 1866 

Virgil P. Bozeman Poseyville Pr., 1866 

James M. Brackinridge Warrick County Pr., 1845 

J. Thomas Brackinridge Booneville Irr., 1848 

George W. Brackinridge Booneville Pr., 1848 

Walter S. Bradfute.....^. Bloomington Pr., 1880 



388 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Lizzie L. Bradfute Bloomington Fr., 1881 

W.J.Bradley Lexington Pr., 1840 

Joseph C. Bradley Martinsville Pr., 1857 

James C. Bradley. Martinsville Pr., 1858 

Charles S. Bradley Washington, D. C.So., 1860 

Richard Bradley..' Xew Albany Pr., 1866 

S. Stokely Brag-g Martinsville Pr., 1876 

Louis W. Branam Bloomington So., 1866 

Lawson F. Branaman Clear Spring Sel., 1873 

Daniel II. Branaman.. Clear Spring So., 1884 

Anna L. Brant Bloomington So., 1884 

Mollie Bratney Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Iredell Bray Monroe County Pr., 1847 

William Bray Monroe County Fr., 1847 

Alexander C. Bray Bloomington Pr., 1868 

John W. Bray...."^. WhitehaH Pr., 1868 

dane K. Bray Bloomington So., 1869 

H. Frank Braxton Paoli .....' Pr., 1854 

Henry P. Brazee Cannellton So., 1852 

Jesse Breakiron Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Zachary T. Breckinridge Boonville Fr„ 1864 

John A. J^reckinridge Boonville So., 1864 

Joseph M. Breech Lebanon Pr., 1867 

William M. Brenton Peru Pr., 1877 

Theodore M. Brenton Edinburg Pr., 1876 

James F. Brett Washington Fr., 1846 

Benjamin Bridge Lafayette Pr., 1845 

Hayden Bridwell Lawrence County. ..Pr., 1868 

Lafayette Bridwell Springville Pr., 1863 

Richard A. Bright Madis^on Fr., 1850 

Robert J. Bright Madison Fr., 1850 

L. L. Broadus" Connersville ...So., 1879 

Oliver G. Brockett Carmi Fr., 1872 

Hannah E. Brooks Loogootee Sel., 1871 

Grace Brooks Loogootee Pr., 1875 

Felix G. Brown Bedford JV., 1837 

Joseph F. Brown indiana})olis Fr., 1838 

E. K. Brown Indianapolis Se., 1839 

C. H. Brown Edgar County, Hl...Pr., 1839 

fJacob I. Brown Bh)omington Pr., 1839 

H. W. Brown Mercer County, Ky.Pr., 1839 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 389 

Edwin W. Brown Edgar County, Ill...Se., 1839 

Isaac M. Brown Monroe County Pr., 1861 

Lazarus M.Brown Logansport Pr., 1844 

Frederick Brown Owen County Pr., 1848 

James M. Brown Clinton Sen., 1857" 

Tilghman A. Brown Gosport. Pr., 1859 

Joseph J. Brown Louisville, Ky Irr., 1865 

Jasper N. Brown .Rosewood Pr., 1866 

Milton F.Brown Bloomington Fr., 1872 

Cliarles Brown (deceased) Whitehall Fr., 1872: 

Thomas L. Brown Bloomington Pr., 1875- 

Cynthia A. Brown WhitehaU Pr., 1878 

Eva K. Brown Bloomington Pr., 187^^ 

Mary E. Brown Paragon Pr., 1881 

W.B.Brown McVille Pr., 1882 

Salado Brown Whitehall Pr., 1882 

John M. BroAvn Louisville, Ky Pr., 1838 

Ira Browning Bhjomington Pr., 1850 

Finley Browning Bloomington Pr., 1852 

Rufus Browning Bloomington Pr., 1853 

Enos Browning Bloomington Pr., 1857 

Daniel R. Browning Spencer Fr., 1862 

Columbus Browning Bloomington Fr., 1865 

David W. Browning Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Andrew E. Browning Bloomington Pr., 1882 

James P. Brownson Valparaiso Pr., 1851 

Charles M. Brucker ..Tell City So., 1880 

Theresa H. Brucker Tell City Pr., 1880 

Flora B. Brucker Tell City Pr., 1880 

John Bruner Ilarrodsburg Sel., 1852 

J. C. Bruner Patoka '^. Irr., 1865 

Lizzie M. Bryan Bloomington Sel., 1873 

Joseph C. Bryan Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Mollie Bryan Bloomington So., 1882 

James G. Bryant Hebron Pr., 1851 

Edward B. Buchan an Logansport Pr., 1846 

James Buchanan Columbus Sel., 1871 

Robert A. Buchanan Rossville Pr., 1881 

Anna C. Buchanan Rossville Fr., 1882 

Charles A. Buck .-...College Corner, O...Jr., 1881 

Elijah W. Buckner Martinsville Pr,, 1862 

26— History. 



390 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

James M. Buckiier Stiuesville Pr., 1867 

Thomas J. Buckiier Gosport Pr., 1880 

Salmon A. Biiell Lawreiiceburg So., IS-tO 

J alius O. Buell Lawreiiceburg Fr., 1859 

Charles IT. Buiice Portland, Ky Pr., 1865 

Loriiig Bundy New Castle Jr., 1870 

Richard J. Bullett Louisville, Ky Irr., 1852 

Richard E. Bunger Bloomington Irr., 1857 

Alfred R. Bunger Bloomington Fr., 1867 

William M. Bunger Bloomington Fr., 1869 

Omer G. Bunger Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Thomas N. Bunnell Monticello So., 1860 

Isaac N. Bunnell Salt Lake City Sel., 1878 

George Bunton Terre Haute So., 1880 

■William D. Burford Nyesville Pr., 1882 

Alexander Burge Linton So., 1871 

Helen Burgoon... South Grange Pr., 1881 

Thomas Burke Bloomington Fr., 1 872 

Agnes Burk Bloomington ...Pr., 1882 

Alexander S. J. Burnett New Albany Pr., 1858 

Luther Burnett Ossian Fr., 1871 

Fred Lange Burnett Washington, D. C ..Fr., 1883 

David V. Burns Sharpsville Fr., 1866 

Charles P. Burns New Providence Pr., 1879 

John A. Burns Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Hugh Burrell Brownstown Pr., 1867 

Edward Burson Laporte Fr., 1871 

Florence L. Burtt Tarrytown, N. Y ...Fr., 1883 

William Burton Terre Haute Irr., 1848 

William A. Burton Mitchell Fr., 1857 

Hugh F. Burton Mitchell So., 1859 

Joseph A. Burton Mitchell Fr., 1859 

Martin A. Burton Bedford Pr., 1862 

David P. Burton Gosport So., 1868 

George T. Burton Georgia So., 1871 

William H. Burton Georgia So., 1871 

Charles H. Burton Mitchell .Sel., 1874 

Frank L Burton Mitchell So., 1881 

Henry A. Burtt Utica Fr., 1871 

Laura H. Burtt Utica .....Pr., 1877 

Charles E. Bushfield Utica Fr., 1872 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 391 

Edward Bnskirk Bloomington Irr., 1846 

Thomas C. Buskirk Orangeville Pr., 1861 

Joseph V. Bnskirk Gosport Sci., 1865 

David C. Bnskirk Gosport Pr., 1867 

David W. Bnskirk Bloomington Jr., 1871 

Samnel W. Bnskirk Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Frank Bnskirk Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Harriet A. Bnskirk Bloomington Sel., 1871 

George A. Bnskirk, Jr Bloomington Sel., 1874 

M. Belle Bnskirk Paoli ...1 Sel., 1874 

Lillie B. Bnskirk Bloomington So., 1875' 

J. L. Bnskirk Gosport". Pr., 1879' 

Ella C. Bnskirk Bloomington Pr., 1880' 

Mattie Bnskirk Bloomington Pr., 1880' 

Lois Bnskirk Paoli .....". ' Pr., 1882: 

David F. Bntcher Bloomfield Fr., 1872 

Mollie Bntcher Stanford Pr., 1877 

James D. Bntcher Bloomington Pr., 1882 

George H. Butler Bloomington Pr., 1846 

William Bntler Bloomington Jr., 1852 

Hngh R.Butler Nashville Pr., 1862 

Am^os W. Butler BrookviUe So., 1879 

Flora ]Sr. Buzzaird Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Clara Bnzzaird Bloomington Pr., 1883 

Thomas J. Byers Whitehall Fr., 1867 

Dewey L. Byers Annapolis Pr., 1880 

Leander F. Cain Caldwell Pr., 1877 

L. F. Cain Bloomington Pr., 1881 

John H. Caldwell Leavenw'orth Fr., 1861 

Gad C. Caldwell Leavenworth Sci., 1864 

Alexander W. Campbell Monroe County Pr., 1855 

Robert 11. Campbell Monroe County Pr., 1858 

William D. Campbell West Station, Mis8..Pr., 1867 

William P. Campbell Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Arthur Lee Campbell Bloomington Fr., 1868 

William L Campbell Como, Tenn Pr., 1868 

Robert H. Campbell, Jr Bloomington So., 1869 

James M.Campbell Bloomington Fr., 1869 

John Campbell Normandy Fr., 1869 

George P. Campbell Bloomington Sel., 1873 

Mary A. Campbell Bloomington Fr., 1873 



392 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Charles Campbell Nineveh Pr., 1876 

Haiicher Campbell Belleville Pr., 1878 

Wallace B. Campbell Melvin Fr., 1881 

Mary H. Campbell Gosport Pr., 1881 

Edward W. Camion Jefterson Co., Ky ...Irr. 1840 

Hiram O. Cannon Georgetown, Ky Irr., 1848 

Robert J. Cantrell Benton, 111 Fr., 1864 

William S. Cantrell Benton, 111 So., 1870 

Nathan H. Carithers Centre Point Pr., 1880 

George S. Carlisle Lonisville, Ky Pr., 1842 

William R. Carlton Ellettsville Pr., 1859 

John M. Carlton Butler, Mo.... So., 1860 

John M. Carlton Ellettsville So., 1861 

Oliver R. Carlton Bloomington Pr., 1863 

Andrew Carmichael Brookville Pr., 1856 

William T. Carmichael Becks Grove Fr., 1869 

John R. Carmichael Hobbieville Fr., 1871 

Solomon E. Carmichael Cincinnati Fr., 1873 

William L. Carnahan Lafayette Pr., 1854 

John Carney Vernon Fr.. 1864 

Isaac Caruthers Jackson County Pr., 1845 

Rufus Carpenter Carpentersville So., 1861 

David R. Carpenter Crainsville, Mo Fr., 1873 

Theodore S. Carr ..Terre Haute Jr., 1871 

E. Bruce Carr Leipsic Jr.. 1871 

John Pinckney Carr Oregon So., 1879 

Walter B. Carr Bloomington Pr., 1864 

Herman Carr Columbus Fr., 1882 

Henry W. Carr Bloomington Pr., 1882 

J. M. Carter Clinton, Miss So., 1835 

Elihu Carter Monroe County Pr., 1838 

James Carter Bloomington Pr., 1841 

James F. Carter Monroe County Irr., 1847 

Lorenzo D. Carter Fayetteville Irr., 1848 

Thomas Carter Monroe County Irr., 1850 

John Carter Monroe County Fr., 1852 

William A. Carter Bloomington Fr., 1855 

Thomas B. Carter Winona.^ Fr., 1861 

John C. Carter Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Joseph W. Carter Centerfield So., 1869 

OUie Carter Bloomington Pr., 1874 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 393 

Thomas Carter Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Fannie 0. Carter Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Oliver C. Carter Bloomington Pr., 1881 

John II. Cartmell Chalmer's Station. ..Fr., 1859 

Baldwin H. Cartright Carlisle Fr., 1839 

Homer Carter Annapolis So., 1 882 

James S. Case Delphi Fr., 1859 

John S. Case Delphi Fr., 1859 

William G.Casey Raglesvillc Pr., 1856 

John Cassidy Washington Sel., 1845 

Samuel R. Catheart Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Thomas C. Catherwood Carlisle Irr., 1844 

Samuel M. Catlin Georgetown Pr., 1854 

Nora Chadwick New Harmony Pr., 1878 

William W. Chambers Monroe County Pr., 1846 

John E. Chambers Spencer Jr., 1871 

Shadrack Chandler Brown County Pr., 1842 

Andrew W. Chandler Williamsport Pr., 1846 

Robert A. Chandler Williamsport So., 1874 

Edward R. Chapin Valparaiso Fr., 1856 

Dewitt Q. Chappell Petersburg Pr., 1882 

Maggie B. Chappell Remington Pr., 1882 

Dani^el Charles Philipston Fr., 1861 

Francis M. Charles Grayville, 111 Fr., 1864 

A. B. Charpie Bloomington Se., 1881 

Aaron G. Chase Bloomington Pr., 1857 

George G. Chase Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Leroy G. Chase .Bloomington Fr., 1869 

Lizzie R. Chase Bloomington Fr., 1872 

Aaron Chatterton Ohio County ,.Sel., 1845 

John A. Chenowith Shoals Fr., 1871 

Daniel Chenowith Shoals So., 1873 

Samuel Albert Chenowith Shoals So., . 1877 

Edward Cherrill Carthage, 111 So., 1859 

Lulu Cherry Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Sallie Cherry Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Charles H. Chitty Law^rence County... Pr., 1844 

John S. Chipman Bloomington Pr., 1845 

Draper K. Chipman Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Marcellus A. Chipman Noblesville Pr., 1868 

John Wesley Chord Bloomington Irr., 1844 



394 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

James S. Christie Madison Pr., 1867 

Thomas I. Christj New Winchester Fr., 1870 

Warden P. Churchill Louisville, Ky Fr., 1847 

James Churchill Alhion Pr., 1850 

George H. Cissna Watseka, 111 Pr., 1868 

Isaac Claman Bloomington Fr., 1865 

J. M. Clark Vincennes Pr., 1835 

Robert Clark Monroe County Irr., 1841 

David M. Clark Bloomington Pr., 1853 

John K Clark Golconda Pr., 1864 

Wesley F. Clark Waveland Fr., 1872 

Flora A. Clark Bloomington Fr., 1873 

Orrin S. Clark Attica Fr., 1876 

Belle Clark Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Carrie Clark Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Ella W. Clark Warsaw^ Fr., 1881 

Laura Clarke Bloomington Pr., 1882 

A. J. Claypool Connersville Irr., 1850 

E. F. Claypool Connersville Irr., 1850^ 

John G. Clendenin Paoli Ju., 1846 

Charles E. Clevenger Winchester So., 1863 

Lewis H. Clevenger Larwill Pr., 1882 

Charles W. Clifton Rensselaer Pr., 1874 

Philemon Clugston Larwill So., 1 883 

George M. Cobb Greensburg Ju., 1835 

Samuel Cobb Lawrence County. ..Pr., 1848 

Thomas R. Cobb Lawrence County. ..Pr., 1848 

Jonathan W. Cobb Pine Village Pr., 1858 

Virgil A. Cobb Pine Village Se., 1860 

Leverett Cochran Bloomington Pr., 1861 

Jasper H. Coffee Ellettsville So., 1860 

Emma Coffee Clear Creek Pr., 1881 

Silas Coffey Spencer Fr., 1861 

George W. Coffey Owensboro, Ky So., 1866 

Edgar Coffey Ellettsville Fr., 1873 

Nelson G. Coffin Vermillion County. .Irr., 1841 

Simpson W. Coffin...., Vermillion County.. Irr., 1847 

John E. Coffin Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Milton Cogswell , Noblesville Irr., 1844 

Francis B. Cogswell Noblesville Irr., 1852 

Alonzo Cole Bloomington Fr., 1860 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 395 

Edward A. Cole Charleston Fr., 1871 

Charles A. Cole Peru Jr., 1877 

Martin B. Cole Seymour Pr., 1882 

James M. Coleman Morgantown Fr., 1868 

Oliver S. Colleer Columbus Pr., 1864 

Josephus Collett Eugene So., 1850 

Archibald B. Collings Bellmore Pr., 1862 

George W. Collings^ Parkville Pr., 1862 

Walter S. Collins Columbia City Pr., 1866 

Slaughter I. Collins :N'ewburg Pr., 1866 

James M. Collins Charlestown Fr., 1870 

John E. Collins Bloomington Pr., 1875 

E. E. Collins Cedarville Pr., 1879 

William Collins Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Columbus Combes Utica So., 1865 

John M, Combes Charlestown So., 1862 

Samuel A. Colpitts Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Samuel W. Conboy San Jacinto So., 1882 

G-eorge W. Conclasure Valeene Fr., 1857 

Wayne E. Condict Lamar, Mo So., 1873 

S. Pierce Condict Lamar, Mo So., 1873 

Mercell D. Condiff Gosport Irr., 1848 

John W. Conduit Columbus Irr., 1844 

Henry C. Conduit Mooresville Sel., 1864 

William E. Conley Bloomfield Fr., 1871 

Walter W. Conley Bloomfield Sel., 1872 

James D. Conlon Cambridge City Jr., 1881 

Michael T. Connaughton Black Oak Ridge ...Pr., 1867 

Ella Connelly Bloomington. ^ Pr., 1882 

D. A. Connover Gosport Irr., 1850 

William J. Conrad Corydon Pr., 1867 

Allen B. Constantine Jewett Pr., 1860 

Joseph Cook , Parke County Pr., 1838 

John W. Cook Springville ..." Pr., 1846 

Norvell L. Cook Evansville Pr., 1856 

James M. Cook Cleona Fr., 1865 

Joseph M. Cook Cleona So., 1866 

William C. Cook :N"ewport Pr., 1876 

Henry E. Cook Evansville Jr., 1883 

Frederick W. Cook, Jr Evansville Jr., 1883 

James W. Cookerly Bloomington Pr., 1838 



396 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

John Cookerly Bloomingtoii Pr., 1867 

Charles S. Cookerly Bloomingtoii Pr., 1868 

Rose A. Cookerly Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Nannie C. Cookerly... Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Charles W. Cooper Merom .^. Pr., 1844 

Joseph Cooper Tippecanoe Pr., 1846 

Thomas Cooper Fairfield, 111 Irr., 1848 

James Cooper New Harmony Irr., 1848 

David Cooper Bloomington Pr., 1879 

E. Calvin Cooper Sparta, 111 So.. 1859 

Samuel D. Cooper Bloomington Fr., 1860 

George II. Cooper Greenfield So., 1881 

Laura M. Cooper Portland Mills Pr., 1881 

James P. Cope Butlerville Sel., 1871 

Orlando Cope Butlerville So., 1867 

Anatole Cormier St. Martinsville, La.Sel., 1879 

Pembroke S. Cornelius Dearborn County ...Jr., 1848 

Isaac N. Carr Bloomington Jr., 1881 

W. Ulysses Corsaw Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Stephen M. Harrington Liberty Pr., 1874 

Logan M. Cox Stanford Pr., 1852 

Paris J. Cox Stanford Pr., 1852 

William H. Cox Lafayette Pr., 1856 

Alexander Cox Door Village Pr., 1857 

William L. Cox Bloomington Pr., . 1859 

Isaac M. Cox Bloomington Pr., 1859 

John C. Cox Paoli '^ Fr., 1861 

Nathaniel D. Cox Unionville Pr., 1866 

John C. Cox Cynthiana So., 1867 

Ezekiel S. Cox Azalia Fr., 1867 

Lindley 11. Cox ...Azalia Pr., 1867 

George W. Cox Unionville Pr., 1868 

Andrew J. Cox Unionville Pr., 1868 

Rachel E. Cox Paoli So., 1869 

James F. Cox Bloomington Fr., 1873 

William Cox Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Frank E. Cox Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Nelson Crabb Louisville, Ky Pr., 1853 

Henry W. Crabb Bloomington Fr., 1859 

Frank A. Crabb Scotland". Pr., 1876 

James R. Crabb Owensburg Pr., 1879 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 397 

J. Loriiig Craft Rising Sun Fr., 1859 

Israel T. Craft Rising Sun So., 1860 

J. M. Craig Mauekport Pr., 1835 

Sarah F. Craig Bloomington So., 1869 

Daniel M. Craig Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Koble Crane Jackson Pr., 1853 

David M. Crane Levonia Pr., 1870 

Rieliarcl H. Crane Loogootee Pr., 1876 

John W. Crandel Mooresfieki So., 1882 

Andrew J. Cranor Union City Fr., 1871 

C. Spencer Crary Ohiey, 111 Pr., 1866 

John L. Crawford Princeton Fr., 1857 

John Crawson Oxford Pr., 1857 

Anna R. Crecelius .• Loogootee Fr., 1872 

Robert A. Cree Bloomington Scl., 1865 

Clara Crew ^ew Marion Pr., 1878 

Paul Crews Fayette, Mo Fr., , 1864 

Jacob J. Crickenbarger Middletown Fr., 1873 

Wm. L. Crittenden Columbus ...Irr., 1846 

Churchill Crittenden San Francisco, Cal ..So., 1859 

James Orome Albion, 111 Fr., 1871 

Luther M. Cromer Crossroads Fr., 1873 

Martin L. Cromer Middletown Sel., 1874 

Joseph W. Cron Bloomington Fr., 1858 

John W. Crook Springvitle Pr., 1853 

Belle Crook Springville Pr., 1874 

John A. Crose Cloverdale Pr., 1858 

Samuel C. Crose Cloverdale Pr., 1858 

W. Scott Crosley Macon, 111 Pr., 1868 

John M. Cross Madison Pr., 1837 

Amos W. Crozier Wilmington Fr., 1859 

Joel H. Crum Pigeon Roost Pr., 1861 

William D. Culbertson Indianapolis Pr., 1875 

Ananias CuUison Bloomfield So., 1869 

Sampson Cullison Parke Fr., 1872 

Timothy Culver Jefferson Pr., 1863 

George W. Cummins Napoleon Irr., 1848 

Kate Cunning Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Agnes Cunning Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Henry H. Cunningham Martinsville Pr., 1856 

Charles G. Cunningham Terre Haute Fr., 1857 



398 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Frank Cunningham Indianapolis So., lSb9 

Clinton F. Cunningham Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Andrew W. Cunningham Ilazelton Pr., 1863 

Thomas C. Cunningham Burnsville Fr., 1864 

John I. Cuppy Curryville Pr., 1864 

Robert S. Curry Smithville Fr., 1860 

John C. Curry Bloomington Pr., 1860 

John J. Curry Smithville Fr., 1861 

Flora A. Curry Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Samuel Curtis Ellettsvifle Pr., 1856 

John Curtis Ellettsville Pr., 1859 

William Curtis Ellettsville Pr., 1859 

Joshua B. Curtis Bloomington Pr., 1862 

John T. Curtis Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Nelson A. Curtis Bloomington Sel., 1864 

Daniel E. Curtis Winamac Pr., 1867 

Henry Cushman Repton So., 1860 

Martin Cutsinger .Edinburg Pr., 1876 

Madison Dagger Fountain County ...Jr., 1835 

Lewis M.DaiV BlufFton Fr., 1861 

William L. Dailey Orange Pr., 1882 

Mary G. Daly Bloomington Pr., 1881 

John Dalzell Indianapolis Irr., 1851 

Milton S. Dame Lafayette Pr., 1857 

Henry J. Darnell Worthington Fr., 1871 

William Daugherty Clinton, Miss Pr., 1835 

George Daugherty Clinton, Miss Pr., 1835 

John Davenport Indianapolis Pr., 1846 

William Davidson Petersburg Pr., 1858 

Dorman N. Davidson Indianapolis So., 1^59 

Charles E. Davidson Louisville, Ky So., 1863 

Henry C. Davis Lexington, Ky So., 1838- 

James W. Davis Thorntown Pr., 1845 

William M. Davis Bloomington Pr., 1852 

Isaac F. Davis Anderson Pr., 1854 

Theodore P. Davis Morristown Pr., 1864 

Thomas B.Davis Memphis Pr., 1866 

Samuel E. Davis Poseyville Pr., 1868 

John W. Davis Terre Haute So., 1870 

Isaac M. Davis Crawfordsville Fr., 1873^ 

Jasper M. Davis ISTewburg Sel., 1876 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 399 

Richard M. Davis Elizabethtowu Sel., 1875 

R. S. Davis Charleston, III Pr., 1875 

Edward E. Davis Newport Pr., 1876 

Alva Eugene Davis Belleville Sel., 1877 

John W. Davis, Jr Bloomington Pr., 1878 

John A. Davis Solsberry Fr., 1879 

Fannie M. Davis Duncansville Pr., 1879 

Frederick Charles Davis Auburn So., 1880 

Minnie V. Davis Bloomington Fr., 1880 

Guy A. Davis Bloomington Pr., 1882 

F.Emma Davis Smithville Pr., 1882 

Sherman L. Davis Bloomington Fr., 1883 

Florence G. Davis EUettsville Fr., 1883 

Alexander A. -Davison Scipio Pr., 1858 

Andrew Day Courtland Sel., 1 871 

T. S. Dayhofl" Worthington Pr., 1879 

Watson A. Dean Marshaltown, la Fr., 1888 

Daniel DeBlanc St. Martinsville, La., Pr., 1878 

William H. Deck Blountsville So., 1854 

Frederick W. Decker Evansville Pr., 1880 

Joseph A. Deadman Toddspoint, Ky.. So., 1869 

Henry K. Deen Mauckport Pr., 1860 

Joseph M. Defries St. Joseph Jr., ' 1848 

Samuel DeHaven LaGrange, Ky Jr., 1878 

John W. Deindorfer Jasper Pr,, 1865 

George Delap EUettsville Pr., 1863 

Charles H. Delph Louisville, Ky Pr., 1858 

Robert S. Demaree Lebanon Fr,, 1872 

Daniel H. Demaree Bloomington So., 1873 

Charles S. Demaree Haney's Corner Pr., 1878 

Ward W. Demaree Bloomington Fr., 1883 

Thomas D. Demoss Pulaski Pr., 1853 

Lola Kate Demott Bloomington Fr., 1880 

William R. Demoss Monterey Fr., 1853 

John B. Denny Monroe Sel,, 1851 

Thomas L. Denny Stanford Sel., 1852 

William Denny Monroe County Sel., 1852 

Elias M, Denny Vincennes Pr., 1866 

Richard Denton Bloomington Pr., 1841 

John W. Denton Bloomington Pr., 1865 

Samuel F. Denton Butlerville So., 1870 



400 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Wiiiiield S. Denton Butlerville Fr., 1871 

Clark Deputy Paris , Sel., 1865 

Andrew Deshazo Vincennes Sel., 185S 

David A. Devin Princeton Fr., 1858 

C. B. Dewees Fredericksburg Fr., 1879 

David Dickenson Steuben Pr., 1845 

David Dickerson Louisville, IS". Y Fr., 184^ 

Elbert R. Dickinson Wolcotville So., 1880 

Mary E. Dickson Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Margaretta Dickson Bloomington Pr., 1882 

WilL P. Dill MorgantWu Sel., 1878 

Xellie Dillingham Xeedmore Pr,, 1877 

Vannie Dillingham jS'eedmore Pr., 1878 

Emma Dillingham Xeedmore Pr., 1881 

James S.Dillon Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Andrew J. Dillon Maxinknckee Fr., 1882 

Mary Dillon Bloomington Fr., 188S 

Joseph S. Dinsmore Bloomington Fr., 1857 

Francis M. Dixon Leesville Pr., 1851 

Wiley Dixon Leesville Pr., 1854 

Josiah Doan Monroe County Sel., 1852 

Ehas C. Dobkins Hausertown Fr., 18(58 

David M.Dobson Spencer Pr., 1858 

Benjamin F. Dobson Spencer Pr., 1858 

Joseph L. Dobson Spencer Pr., 1858 

W. Sharp Dodd Wheeling, Miss Fr., 1869 

Harvey Dodd Clear Creek Pr., 1879 

Cranston Harvey Dodd Clear Creek Fr., 1881 

Clelland F. Dodds Monroe County Sel., 1848 

William F. Dodds New Lebanon Pr., 1861 

J. Kemper Dodds Bloomington Pr., 1863 

EllaB. Dodds Bloomington Pr., 1877 

James Andrew Dodds Bloomington Fr., 1881 

Morton C. Dodds Bloomington Pr., 1881 

William J. Dodds Bloomington Fr., 1883 

Simon P. Domer Milford Fr., 1883 

W. Harry Donaldson Terre Haute Fr., 1864 

Enoch E. Donaldson Bloomington Pr., 1867 

George T. Donelly Columbus..." Fr., 1869 

Samuel D. Dorsey Fort Branch Sel., 1874 

John W. Dorst New Albany Sel., 1875 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 401 

Frank Doster Lafayette Pr., 1868 

William Dougherty Columbus Pr., 1853 

Aclelbert B. Douglass Seymour Pr., 1868 

William Douglass Corydon Fr., 1883 

John A. Dowclen Harrisonburg, La...Pr., 1850 

John L. Dowden Smithville Pr., 1856 

William H. Dowden Bloomington So., 1864 

Frank C. Dowden Smithville Pr., ' 1875 

William T. Downs Woodville, Miss Pr., 1841 

Franklin R. Drake Lancaster Fr., 1868 

James F. Drake Prairietown Fr., 1883 

Daniel Driscoll Bedford Fr., 1883 

George W. Dubois Nashville Pr., 1862 

Hoba^rt Dubois Oak Farm Pr., 1875 

J. A. G. Duckworth Martinsville Pr., 1861 

J. 0. Dudozel St. Martinsville, La..Fr., 1835 

Washington Dudley...., Ripley Irr., 1847 

Samuel W. Duff Salem So., 1870 

Joseph M. Dufour Vevay Sen., 1864 

Robert L. Dulany York, 111 Jr., 1839 

Charles L. Duncan Bowling Green, Ky..Fr., 1838 

Lycurgus Duncan -Bedford So., 1855 

Eliza1)eth Duncan Russellville, Ky Fr., 1870 

Isis Duncan Bedford .' Fr., 1873 

Robert C. Duncan Princeton Fr., 1876 

Marion Duncan I^ashville Pr., 1877 

Morton Duncan Bedford Pr., 1880 

Robert Duncan Bedford Pr., 1882 

C. Moore Dunham Valley Farm Fr., 1854 

Williamson D. M. Dunn Monroe County So., 1839 

Benjamin Dunn Bloomington Pr., 1845 

William Dunn Lawrenceburg Fr., 1846 

John P. Dunn Indianapolis Pr., 1856 

Samuel G. Dunn Bloomington Pr., 1867 

S. Harrison Dunn Spencer Jr., 1869 

Charles C.Dunn Spencer Fr., 1870 

Samuel F. Dunn Bloomington Irr., 1871 

William H. Dunn Aurora Sel., 1872 

George G. Dunn Bloomington Fr., 1873 

Ella Dunn Bloomington Sel., 1873 

Alexander Dunning Owen County Pr., 1835 



402 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Paris C. Dunning, Jr Bloomington Tr., 1860 

James A. Dunning Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Rowland Dupuy New Castle, Ky So., 1866 

Charles S. Durand Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Oonrad B. Durborow Chicago, 111 So., 1881 

Clarence E. Durborow Williamsport So., 1880 

William Durham Prairietown Sel., 1850 

€ass Durham Seymour Fr,, 1859 

George W. Duzan Pr., 1837 

James Duzan Boone Sel., 1848 

William S. Dye Springville Pr., 1863 

William Ilolton Dye Indianapolis Fr., 1883 

Grace Dysart Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Hughes East Hobbieville Pr., 1858 

Martin A. Eastman Stanford Pr., 1876 

Albert Eberhart Shelby ville Pr., 1882 

James C. Edgar Santa Fe, N". M Pr., 1860 

T. J. Edmondson Monroe County Irr., 1841 

Hiram L. Edmondson Monroe County Pr., 1851 

B. B. L. Edmonson Jasper Pr., 1860 

John Edmondson Ellettsville ....Pr., 1879 

Ebner D. Edson Mk Yernon 

Isaac Edwards Leavenworth Pr., 1842 

William Edwards Spencer Pr., 1855 

Frederick Edwards Louisville, Ky Pr., 1857 

Eli Edwards Mitchell Sel., 1871 

AYilliam Milan Edwards Peru Sel., 1878 

Emma Ehrie Bloomington Pr., 1877 

James W. EUer Bloomington Jr., 1870 

John G. Filer Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Henrietta Filer Erie Sel., 1874 

Leander J. Elliott Largo Irr., 1846 

John B. Elliott New Harmony Irr., 1853 

James B. Elliott Vincennes Pr., 1856 

Thomas C. Elliott Bruceville Sen., 1857 

Charles W. Ellis Ditney Hill Fr., 1.865 

Mary E.Ellis Noble, 111 Irr., 1871 

William A. Ellis ...Hardinburg Sel., 1871 

Ralph Elston Benton, 111 Pr., 1860 

Henry W. Emerson Lafayette Sel., 1874 

William W. Emerson Albion, 111 Pr., 1880 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 403 

Fannie C. Emory Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Julia L. Emory Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Robert L. Engle Bntterville Pr., 1868 

Milton Engler Marietta Pr., 1859 

James P. Ennis Martinsville Fr., 1870 

John P. Ensley Auburn Pr., 1877 

O. P. Ergenbright Edinburgh Fr., 1867 

Joshua Ernest Turman's Creek So., 1863 

David M. Erwin Mount Vernon Pr., 1875 

Minnie F. Erskine Rockland, Me Sel., 1875 

Oscar P. Erskine Rockland, Me So., 1879 

Melville Eshman Terre Haute Jr., 1883 

Nathaniel F. Ethel Delaware County ...So., 1851 

Frank D. Etter Providence Pr., 1881 

James M. Evans Lawrence County. ..Fr., 1846 

Leighroy W. Evans Warrick County Irr., 1847 

Walter N. Evans Sugar Creek Irr., 184S 

William M. Evans New Harmony Fr., 1847 

John ]^. Evans West Feliciana, La. .So., 1850 

Robert G. Evans Rockport Jr., 1873 

Jacob C. Evans Lakeville Pr., 1874 

William L. Evans Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Fannie Evans Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Mrs. B. W. Everman Camden". Fr., 1882 

Dora Everman Burlington Pr., 1882 

Josephus B. Everts A^alparaiso Irr., 1845 

Thomas J. Ewing Vallonia Pr., 1876 

Joseph W. Ewing Sparta, 111 Fr., 1855 

James N. Ewing Wabash Pr., 1876 

Anna Falkner Bloomington Pr., 1882 

James M. Fanning Tallahatchie, Miss. ..So., 1838 

Henry 0. Paris ....Monroe County Pr., 1851 

James W. Paris Bloomington Pr., 1855 

William B. Paris Bloomington Pr., 1855 

Francis A. Paris Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Erwin J. Paris Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Eugene M. Paris Bloomington Fr., 1881 

A. V. Paris Bloomington Pr., 1882 

John A. Farmer Monroe County Pr., 1842 

John M. Farmer Monroe County Pr., 1846 

Joel A. Farmer Bloomington Pr., 1860 



404 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

William S. Faniham Madison Pr., 184G 

Edwin Farquhar Logansport Fr., 1839 

Dewitt C. Farrington A\dparaiso Se., 1855 

Francis A. Favris Bloomington Pr., 1855 

Joseph Faweett Columbus Pr., 1860 

Irene Fee Bloomington Sel., 1871 

Eva Fee Bloomington Pr., 1 875 

Owen R. Fegan Montgomery .........Fr., 1881 

Charles D. Felkner Milford Pr., 1860 

Wdliam J. Fell Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Ida Fellows Bloomington Pr., 1876 

John Fellows Bloomington Jr., 1882 

Henrietta Fellows Bloomington Pr., 1882 

George W. Fennel Georgetown, Ky So., 1855 

John A. Ferguson Marion County Irr., 1848 

William T. Ferguson Bloomfield Fr., 1860 

Hugh P. Ferguson Fairfield Fr., 1871 

Charles S. Ferguson Charlestown Fr., 1871 

L. 0. Ferguson Buena Yista Pr., 1878 

E. T. Ferguson Buena Yista Pr., 1878 

Isaac M. Ferguson Center Point Pr., 1881 

Joseph Ferguson Bedford Pr., 1882 

Frank Fetter Peru Jr., 1882 

William II. Field Mitchell Fr., 1877 

Oscar Fife Plymouth So., 1875 

Erastus M. Finley Bloomington Pr., 1867 

EphraimM. FinJ Wallace^ Pr., 1868 

Herman H. Finley Xenia .....Pr., 1881 

David Firebaugh Robinson, 111 Pr., 1866 

Isaac L. Firebaugh Robinson, 111 So., 1870 

Joseph Firebaugh Robinson, 111 Jr., 1873 

Mary J. Firebaugh Robinson, 111 Sel., 1875 

Joseph A. Fish...". Boone County Pr., 1848 

Leander E. Fish Bloomington So., 1870 

James C. Fish Bloomington Fr., 1871 

William S. Fish Bloomington So., 1871 

Alenis J. Fishback Kewana Pr., 1851 

William H. M. Fishback Independance So., 1855 

John B. Fisher Patoka Pr., 1856 

Lincoln Fisher Rockville Pr., 1881 

John R. Fitch Jackson County Pr., 1848 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 405 



Frank O. Fitton New Harmony Fr., 1879 

David A. Fitzgerald Indianai)o]is Pr., 1851 

Silvester Fitzgerald Benton, 111 So., 1869 

George P. Fleischer Lima So., 1880 

Allen T. Flemming Crawford Pr., 1844 

G. L. Floyd Shelby Pr., 1845 

E. Lewns Floyd Shelby Fr., 184(3 

Sallie A. Floyd Smitbville Fr., 187:3 

Walter M. Floyd St. Panl Jr., 1879 

John Flynn East Feliciana, La... Pr., 1885 

Eustace Foley Springhill Fr., 1881 

Alonzo M. Forbes Dover Hill Sel., 1865 

Louisa L. Forbes Petersburg Sel., 1872 

Elizabeth Forbes Petersburg Fr., 1872 

Lillie May Forbes Bloomington Fr., 1878 

Lealdas S. Forbes Bloomington Fr., 1878 

James Ford Paris, Ky Pr., 1888 

Charles Ford Oxford..' Fr., 1857 

J.Fletcher Ford Oxford Sel., 1855 

All)ert Ford Oxford Pr., 1865 

Morris Ford Xew Harmony Sel., 1865 

Ewcll Ford Jetfersonville .' So., 1871 

C. Gale Ford Owenton Sel., 1878 

Ann B. Ford New Harmony Fr., 1879 

Orlando Foster Monroe County Pr., 1888 

William C. Foster Bloomington Irr., 1844 

George Foster Petersburg Sel ., 1845 

Jethro Wood Foster Indianapolis So., 1846 

James R. Foster Randolph Irr., 1846 

James P. Foster Bloomington Irr., 1846 

Robert II. Foster ..Bloomington Irr., 1851 

Alexander Foster Evansville So., 1858 

Charlotte Foster Heltonville Pr., 1875 

John T. Foster Whitehall Pr., 1878 

S. O. Foster Bloomington Pr., 1878 

John M. Foster Knightstown So., 1880 

Henry G. Foster Bellefontaine So., 1881 

G. M. Foster Heltonville Pr., 1881 

Dow D. Foster Whitehall Pr., 1881 

Samuel Foster Villa Vista, La Pr., 1882 

Addie Foster Heltonville Pr., 1882 



27— History. 



406 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Victor F. Foster Bloomington Fr., 1882 

Jesse Fountain Heltonville So., 1882 

Ella Fowler Bloomington Pr., 1882 

M. Fannie Fowls Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Calvin R. Fox Lawrence County ...Pr., 1848 

Mary E. Foxworthy Terre Haute S. Fr., 1869 

Ezra E. Frame Solsberry Pr., 1873 

Lou M. Frame Solsberry ..Pr., 1879 

Dora Franklin Spencer So., 1873 

Mollie E. Franklin EUettsville Pr., 1881 

Benjamin F. Franklin Spencer So., 1882 

James Fravel Harrison County Irr., 1H44 

Edwin H. Frazer Bridgeport So., 1877 

Frederick Freed Newburg Pr., 1866 

Robert Freeland Monroe County Pr., 1835 

JohnFreeland Bloomtield Pr., 1837 

John F. Freeland Bloomington Fr., 1865 

William T. Freeland. Bloomiiekl So., 1868 

Henry P. Freeland Bloomtield Pr., 1868 

William E. French Princeton Irr,, 1846 

Hayden T. French Jeiiersonville So., 1860 

William M.French King's Station Sel. 1876 

John B. French Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Harmon A. Friedley Elizabeth So., 1875 

William C. Fritts Paducah, Ky So., 1864 

John L. Fritts Paducah, Ky Fr., 1864 

Charles A. Fry Utica Fr., 1869 

Floyd J. Fry Utica Fr., 1870 

John H. Fulk Hart's Mills Pr., 1858 

Benjamin Fuller Warrick County Irr., 1852 

Joseph M. Fuller Warrick County Pr., 1853 

William W. Fuller Booneville So., 1881 

Robert Fullerton Fayettville, Tenn....Jr., 1847 

Alfred W. Fullerton Bloomington So., 1870 

Edward Fulton Jordan's Grove, 111... Fr., 1867 

Joseph P. Funk Elizabeth Pr., 1856 

Major W. Funk Milltown Fr., 1872 

James R. Funk Milltown Sel., 1872 

Zachary T. Funk Milltown Sel., 1874 

Felix F. Gaar Jefferson Co., Ky ...Pr., 1837 

Simeon L. Gaar Jefferson Co., Ky ...Pr., 1838 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 407 

James T. Gabbert Bloomiugton Pi-., 1867 

Anna L. Gabbert Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Marshall C. Gadberry Yazoo, Miss Fr., 1847 

William G, Gaffney Washington Pr., 1852 

Aden G. Gainey Bloomfield Fr., 1873 

William F. Gallemore JefFersonville Fr., 1870 

Henry J. Gallemore Paragon Fr., 1870 

S. S. Gallemore Paragon Pr., 1879 

Charles Gallion Brookville Sel., 1878 

AYade B. Galloway Bloomington Pr., 1882 

James Gamble Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Henry C. Gamble Bloomington Fr., 1868 

Mollie Vv^. Gardener PaducalCKy Fr., 1883 

Thomas B. Garr Louisville, Ky Fr., 1861 

Press Garr GBannon, Ky Fr., 1861 

John A. Garrett Carlisle Irr., 1847 

Jennie Garriott Little Yorl^ Fr., 1872 

John Wesley Garrison Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Elias N. Gaskins Wayport Pr., 1867 

Martha A. Gaskins Bloomington Pr., 1882 

John Henry Gay Bloomington Fr., 1872 

Bessie Gay Bloomington Sel., 1873 

C. Dora Gay Bloomington So., 1875 

A. B. Ga3'ler Danville Pr., 1835 

John S. Geiger Louisville, Ky Jr., 1838 

Adam Geiger Bloomington Sel., 1875 

John B. Gent Columbus So., 1870 

William Benton Gentry Mt. Tabor Pr., 1857 

Tilghman H. Gentry Stinesville So., 1866 

Franklin A. Gentry Little Point Fr., 1882 

Lillie E. Gentry ..Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Bailey George Holems, Miss Pr., 1835 

W. J. George Scroggslield, O Fr., 1881 

R. A. George Scroggsiield, Jr., 1881 

George B. Gerold Yazoo, Miss Irr., 1852 

Nannie Getty Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Lafayette Gibbs Milltown So., 1869 

John B. Gibson Mitchell Fr., 1879 

William C. Gibson Loogootee Pr., 1864 

Thomas Gibson Loogootee Fr., 1869 

George H. Gifford Groves So., 1871 



408 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Joip R.Gitford Orleans So., 1871 

Dennis C. Giliillan Centerpoint Pr., 1880 

Franklin Gill Ashley's Mill Pr., 1858 

William B. Gillespie Bloomington Pr., 1861 

Samuel Gillespie Oxford Pr., 1865 

Isaac W. Gillespie Bloomington Pr., 1863 

William B. Gilliott Yonng's^Jreek Fr., 1869 

John B. Gilson Mitchell Jr., 1883 

Sanford S. Givan Moore's Hill Se., 1864 

Strawther Givens Laharpe, 111 Pr., 1858 

T. A. Gladden : Scottshiirgh Pr., 1881 

Jeremiah Gladish Petersburg Pr., 1856 

Earl K. Glass Ivnightstown Fr., 1883 

Rufus R. Glick Romney Pr., 1855 

Benjamin R. Glick Lafayette Fr., 1873 

Wilson T. Gohle Ivnightstown Fr., 1848 

Albert B. Godden East Enterprise Pr., 1866 

D. Charles Goepper Louisville, Ky Pr., 1876 

Sydney H. Golson Clay ". Pr., 1844 

Lyman T. Goodner ^"ashville, 111 Pr., 1865 

Aaron D. Goodwin Queensville Fr., 1856 

Friend C. Goodwin Bloomington Pr., 1856 

Willis B. Goodwin Utica.....". Fr., 1861 

Jesse A. Goodwin Bloomington l*r., 1859 

George W. Goodwin Nioga, 111 Fr. 1865 

Thomas M. Gootee Loogootee So., 1861 

Aaron Gordon Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Emerson Gordon New Albany Fr., 1867 

Richard L. Gorman St. Paul, Minn Fr., 1856 

James Gorman Owensville So., 1869 

George C. Gorman Owensville Fr., 1870 

William B. Goss Gosport Fr., 1861 

Noah J. Goshorn Plainville Fr., 1869 

Morton L. Gould Terre Haute Jr., 1883 

Lizzie B. Gourley Bloomington .Pr., 1880 

John L. Gow Evansville So., 1874 

Thomas Grace Terre Haute So., 1880 

James A. Graham Jasper Fr., 1844 

James G. Graham Bloomington Pr., 1846 

Christopher C. Graham Jasper Fr., 1847 

Andrew E. Graham Monroe County Irr., 1847 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 409 

Robert Graham Martinsville Pr., 1860 

Edmund Graham Bloomington Pr., 1861 

Kate Graham Richland Fr., 1873 

Mattie E. Graham Richland So., 1881 

Mary Etta Graham Rushville Fr., 1880 

Eli D. Grant Wabash Pr., 1845 

Daniel B. Grant Wabash Pr., 1848 

William Grant Shelbnrn Pr., 1868 

Charles Grant Shelbnrn Pr., 1868 

Leonard Gray Bloomington Pr., 1857 

James Gray Curriesville Pr., 1858 

James T. Gray Newburg Pr., 1859 

John W. Gray Springfield Pr., 1859 

Charles W. Gray Pine Village Pr., 1860 

Samuel R. Gray Greencastle So., 1862 

Mary M. Gray Unionville Fr., 1870 

Bayard S. Gray Union City Fr., 1873 

Truman W. Gray Gosport Pr., 1876 

Allen Gray Graysville Sel ., 1876 

George D. Gray Columbia Fr., 1883 

Abner Green Bloomington Pr., 1838 

James Green Bloomington Pr., 1841 

James H. Green Owen County Pr., 1842 

Sebastian Green Indianapolis Pr., 1853 

Milton Green Shelbyville Fr., 1857 

Charles S. Green Logansport Pr., 1858 

Lewis A. Green Livonia Pr., 1858 

William 0. Green Brownstown So., 1869 

Basil L. Green Jasper Irr., 1871 

Sina E. Green Bloomington Irr, 1871 

Thomas M. Green Ogden. .^ So., . 1873 

Joseph M. Greer Knoxville, Tenn Fr , 1864 

James A Greer Knoxville, Tenn Irr., 1865 

William A. Greeson Alto Fr., 1874 

Robert C. Greeves Bloomington So., 1862 

Virgil D. Gregg Springfield Irr., 1871 

James Gregory Lafayette Fr. , 1853 

William T. Gregory Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Beverly Gregory Brooklyn Jr., 1873 

Henry Gregory, Jr Salem Jr., 1878 

Henry V. Gregory., Michigan City Pr,, 1877 



410 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



Walter Q. Gresham Corydon Pr. 

William H. Griftey Bloomington Pr. 

Ida Griffey Bloomington Pr. 

William A. Griffing Paris, Ky Pr. 

J. T. Griffith Monroe County Irr 

John M. Griffith Colfax So. 

Lewis C. Griffith Bloomington Irr 

Charles M. Griggs New Winchester Irr 

Silas Grimes Smithville Pr. 

Lewis A. Grimes West Union Fr. 

William S. Grimes Bluffton So. 

Albert L. Grimes Spring Garden, 111 . . .Fr. 

James Grimsley Monroe County Pr. 

Pola N. Groundt .Edinburgh Pr. 

David McKee Gunn Shakopee, Minn Pr. 

Melvin S. Guthrie Tunnelton Fr. 

Samuel Guy Bloomington Pr. 

George K. Gwartney Mauckport Pr. 

William F. Gwin.. Cataract Fr. 

Frederick L. Gwin Cataract Fr. 

William R. Iladden Carlisle Pr. 

David A. Iladden l^ew Lebanon Pr. 

Henry C. Hagenbaugh Clinton Sel 

John Hagle Kent's Station Pr. 

Thomas W. Hadkins Greenough Pr. 

J. H. Haldeman Lareville Pr. 

L . Hall Bloomington Pr. 

George W. Hall Woodland Pr. 

George A. Hall Covington So. 

Lafe G.Hall Raleigh Fr. 

John A. Hall Louisville Ky Pr. 

Eva Hall Stanford Pr. 

Martin M. Hall Bloomington Pr. 

EdAvard Allen Hall Kentland Fr. 

Joseph S. Hambleton Danville Pr. 

Carlin Hamblin Bowling Green Pr. 

Charles D. Hamill Bloomington Pr. 

Robert J. Hamilton Bloomington Fr. 

Samuel R. Hamilton Fayetteville Pr. 

Martin D. Hamilton Mooney So 

Mary J. Hamilton Bloomington Sel., 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 411 

Amanda Hamilton Solsberry Pr., 1?76 

Ida M. Hamilton Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Alice Elizabeth Hamilton Bloomington Irr., 1880 

Harry Hamilton Muncie So., 1880 

Oliver A. Hammond Petersburg Pr., 1857 

Hamilton C. Hammond Young's Creek Pr., 1867 

David M. Hammond Marengo So., 1869 

Perry C. Hammond Petersburg Fr., 1869 

Thomas Hampton Bowling Green, Ky.Pr., 1835 

Jesse D. Hamrich Bellville Pr., 1877 

James H. Handy Booneville Irr., 1851 

Laura Handy Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Thomas Haney Wolf Lake Pr., 1862 

Moses K. Hanna Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Delmer Hanna Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Mattie L. Hansee Ellenville, N. Y So., 1881 

William H. Hansford EUettsville Fr., 1870 

Levi Hanson Harrodsburg Se., 1859 

George Harbinson Lanesville Fr., 1861 

Dixon T. Harbinson Parkville Fr., 1861 

Joseph 0. Harbison Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Arthur F.Harbison Portland Mills Pr., 1862 

James Harbison Lanesville Sel., 1865 

Samuel M.Harbison Bloomington Fr., 1870 

Alexander M. Harbison Portland Mills Pr., 1877 

Josie O. Harbison Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Minnie Harbison Bloomington Fr., 1879 

Thomas P. Hardesty Bloomington Pr., 1847 

Charles H. Hardin ...Columbia, Mo So., 1839 

Thomas Hardin Glen's Valley So., 1868 

William L. Hargrove Oakland City Fr., 1869 

John W. Hargrove Patoka Fr., 1872 

Frank M. Harned Fairview, Ky Sel., 1877 

Hiram Harrah Whitehall Fr., 1870 

James Harrell Bloomfield Fr., 1870 

Lucius Harris Albion, 111 Pr., 1857 

Levinus Harris Albion, 111 Se., 1858 

Joseph F. Harris Bloomington So., 1863 

Henry C. Harris Oxford Sel., 1865 

Bedford E. Harris Albion, 111 Pr., 1866 

Albert G. Harris Macon, 111 So., 1868 



412 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Thomas S. Harris Columbus So., 1870 

Annie Harris Albion, 111 Fr., 1879 

Herbert H.Harris Albion, HI Jr., 1882 

P. 0. Harris Ellettsville Tr., 1882 

Edwin R. Harrison Owensboro, Ky So., 1866 

Belle Harrison Ladoga Fr., 1873 

Sanford H. Harrod Lexington Pr., 1853 

Thomas H. Harrod New Albany Pr., 1855 

Columbus B. Harrod Austin Fr., 1870 

Ida Harrold Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Charles Andy Harryman Mooresville Sel., 1878 

Augustus W. Harshbarger Gosport Pr., 1863 

G.C.Hart Booneville Irr., 1850 

Thomas Niles Hart Cloverdale Pr., 1857 

Hiram P.Hart Rising Sun Pr., 1860 

George W. Hart Lee...^ Sel., 1871 

Edward James Hart Vevay Jr., 1876 

James Robert Hart Pleasant Sel., 1876 

James M. Hartley Osgood Pr., 1860 

John ^T. Ilartsock Waynetown Fr., 1858 

Delia M. Harvey Plainfield Pr., 1874 

Catlin P. Haskett Palestine, 111 So., 1876 

Arthur D.Hastings Trinity Springs Pr., Iw54 

AV. Green Hastings Bryantsville Se., 1857 

Wesley Hatfield Rono Fr., 1859 

William I. Hatfield Rono Fr., 1875 

William II. Hathaway Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Benjamin F. Hauser Columbus Pr., 1856 

Jeremiah Hauser Columbus Fr., 1857 

Zaek Hauser Columbus Fr., 1857 

Benjamin Franklin Havens. ...Rushville Fr., 1857 

John Havroii Bedford Irr., 1855 

Arthur J. Ilawhe Wicklifie ..So., 1860 

William T. Hawkins Putnamville Pr., 1837 

J. W. Hawkins Danville Pr., 1845 

John W. Hawkins Alton Pr., 1878 

I. W. Hawkins Brownville Pr., 1879 

!N'ellie Hawkins Brownville Pr., 1879 

Edward W. Hawkins Newport, Ky So., 1880 

J. P. Hawks, Jr Goshen Fr., 1878 

George D. Hay Vincennes Pr., 1835 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 413 

Charles D. Hay Charlestowii So., 1859 

Benjamin Hayden Elizabetlitown, Ky..Fr., 1865 

Isaac E. Hays Columbus Pr., 1861 

John C. Hays Reynold's Station. ..Pr., 1864 

Samuel C. Hays Bloomington Fr., 1870 

Harriet Hays Gosport Sel., 1872 

Oliver P. Hazard Edinburg Pr., 1876 

Mattie Hazard Utica....^ Fr., 1879 

Jeremiah Hazelwood Stanford l*r., 1852 

Homer E. Ilazen Newburg Pr., 1856 

Dyer B.Hazen Newburg Sel., 1871 

William R. Hazen Sunnian Sel., 1873 

Thomas J. Headly Bennington Se., 1866 

James M. Ileadly Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Isaac W. Ileadley Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Charles E. Headley Bloomington Pr., 1882 

William Heath Lafayette Pr., 1856 

James M. Hedrick Spencer Fr., 1861 

David F. Hefron Black Oak Ridge ...Fr., 1867 

Laurence A. Hefron Black Oak Ridge.. ..Pr., 1868 

Eber W. Ilelburn Xewburg " Pr., 1860 

Levi M. Helburn Newburg Pr., 1860 

Orlando Ilelmar Spri ngvil le Pr., 1 854 

Arnold Helton Bloomington Pr., 1851 

Michael Helton Ileltonville Jr., 1851 

Absalom Helton Bloomington Pr., 1852 

Isaac W. Helton Bloomington Pr., 1862 

I. Calvin Hemjdiill Bloomington Fr., 1852 

Daniel P. Henderlider Woodville Pr., 1860 

Benjamin Henderson Indianapolis So., 1837 

S. M. Henderson Indiana[)olis Pr., 1838 

William L. Henderson.... N. Washington Pr., 1848 

Ebenezer Henderson Martinsville Fr., 1855 

John A. Henderson Vincennes Pr., 1859 

Carey W. Henderson ...Bloomington Fr., 1862 

William W. Henderson James' Switch So., 1869 

George W. Henderson Heltonville Fr., 1871 

Jessie M. Henderson Bloomington Irr., 1872 

William P. Hendricks Madison So., 1848 

Paul Hendricks Madison Irr., 1851 

George W. Henley Bloomington Sr., 1881 



414 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

William C. Henry Portland Mills Pr., 1875 

Maud Henry Bloomington So., 1880 

Charles Hensliaw Knightstown Fr., 1 882 

Howard Hensley .Blooniington Sel., 1865 

Theodore Henson Smithville Fr., 1873 

Lottie Henson Smithville Pr., 1 875 

K A. Herring Goshen Pr., 1875 

U. A. V. Hester Charleston Jr., 1837 

William F. Hester Bloomington So., 1848 

Kiah 0. Hert Owensburg Pr., 1879 

Henry S. Hickman Georgetown Pr., 1854 

William T. Hicks Orangeville So., 1872 

William G. Higgenbotham Clinton, La Pr., 1835 

William U. Higgins Rush County Sel., 1845 

Thomas Hight Bloomington So., 1848 

Thomas M. Hight Bloomington Fr., 1876 

Harry Hight Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Wallace Hight Monroe County Pr., 1850 

James M. Hill Jennings County.... Pr., 1844 

S. M. HilL... Jennings County.... Sel., 1845 

Addison J. Hill Bloomington Irr., 1847 

J. W.Hill Rushville Pr., 1850 

William F. Hill Bloomington SeL, 1864 

Johnson Hill Pleasantville Fr., 1867 

William L. Hill Brooksburg Sel., 1871 

Marion HinchclifF Fredonia, HI Pr., 1867 

Otis Hinchley Petaluna, Cal Jr., 1865 

Thomas N. Hinde Carmi, 111 So., 1866 

Mary A. Hinds Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Alfred P. Hinds Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Frank W. Hinsdale Bedford^. Pr., 1882 

James Hisey Corydon Pr., 1854 

William J. Hisey Corydon Fr., 1864 

Francis Hitchcock Terre Haute Fr., 1865 

Frederick Hitchcock Princeton Fr., 1S65 

John W. Hitchcock Owensburg Irr., 1871 

AVilliam Hite Madison Pr., 1837 

L. Joel Hitt Greensburg Pr., 1877 

Abraham Hoadley Plainfield Fr., 1867 

M. M. C. Ilobbs..."' Salem Jr., 1852 

William H. Hobbs Owensville Pr., 1867 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 415 

Charles H. Hobbs Carthage SeL, 1871 

Walton Hobbs Carthage SeL, 1871 

John W. Hobbs Gasbnrg Pr., 1876 

James 'N. Hodges Martinsville Pr., 1867 

John M. Hodges Martinsville Fr., 1870 

Benjamin F. Hodges Martinsville Pr., 1876 

Samuel W. Hogueland Nashville Pr., 1867 

James McG. C. Holden Perryville, Mo Irr., 1847 

Henry P. Hole Butlerville Irr.,. 1871 

David Holland Henry County Irr., 1847 

John Holland Leesville Pr., 1874 

William G. Holland Bennington So., 1870 

William H. Holland.... Leesville Fr., 1882 

J. R. Hollingsworth Dublin Pr., 1879 

Atha W. Holman Utica SeL, 1865 

William C. Holmes Indianapolis Pr., 1846 

Squire W. Holmes Terre Haute Fr., 1863 

Henry C. Holmes New London So., 1875 

Laura Holzapple Bloomington Pr., 1879 

K H. Holson Mansfield, O Irr., 1850 

J. Thomas Holtzman Bloomington Pr., 1856 

Samuel E. Holtzman Bloomington So., 1859 

Isaac A. Holtzman*. Bloomington Pr., 1864 

Henry A. Holtzman Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Jefferson P. Holtzman Bloomington SeL, 1873 

Mattie B. Holtzman Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Frederick Honneus Clark County Irr., 1846 

George B. Hoopingarner Butler Fr., 1875 

Charles L. Hoover New Albany So., 1844 

Samuel A.Hoover Lafayette Jr., 1855 

Kate Hoover Bloomington So., 1881 

Ada Hoover Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Joshua H. Hopewell Owen County Irr., 1846 

John S. Hopkins Evansville So., 1865 

Robert P. Hopkins Evansville SeL, 1865 

Charles S. Hopkins Evansville Pr., 1881 

Leander Hopper Livonia Pr., 1857 

John W. Horner Lanesville Pr., 1879 

Charles W. Horner Lanesville Pr., 1880 

John Horton Yankeetown Fr., 1873 

Melville M. Hoss Bloomington SeL, 1875 



416 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Walter S. Hoss Indianapolis Pr., 1877 

Joseph A. W. Hostetter Greenbush, Wis Pr., 1855 

Kate Hostetter Bedford Fr., 1873 

Walter Hotehkiss Nashville Irr., 1844 

Jacob IL Hottell Corydon SeL, 1876 

J. B. Hottell Corydon. Pr., 1879 

Hattie Houghton Loogootee So., 1880 

John S. Hougland Warrick County Irr., 1852 

T. W. Houston Jackson County Pr., 1840 

Jefferson P. Houston Monroe County Pr., 1845 

William J. Houston Ellettsville SeL, 1857 

Calvin H. Houston Bloomington Pr., 1860 

James A. Houston Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Gustavus C. Houston Bedford So., 1870 

Nathaniel Houston Ellettsville SeL, 1873 

Richard W. Houston Ellettsville Pr., 1875 

Kate Houston Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Fannie D.Houston Cornell Pr., 1878 

Ensley C. Houston Ellettsville Pr., 1880 

Mollie F. Hovcis Bryant's Creek Pr., 1875 

Frank M. Howard Rockville Fr., 1862 

Martin Howard Jeffersonville SeL, 1858 

Joshua O. Ilow^e Bloomington Pr., 1838 

Pvobert C. Howe Spencer Jr., 1839 

James M. Howe Bloomington Pr., 1844 

James H.Howe Monroe County. Pr., 1850 

Joseph M. Howe Bloomington Fr., 1852 

Ezra Howe Lebanon Pr., 1854 

Walter Howe Bloomington So., 1863 

Joshua Howe, Jr Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Alfred E. Howe Bloomington Fr., 1868 

C. Carrie Howe Bloomington SeL, 1875 

Lucie Belle Howe Bloomington Fr., 1876 

Ida M. Howe Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Mrs. M. F. Howe Bloomington Jr., 1880 

Minnie E. Howe Bloomington So., 1881 

Lillie Howe Bloomington So., 1882 

Alonzo M. Howes Utica SeL, 1865 

Thomas P. Howland Indianapolis Pr., 1875 

Helen Z. Hubbard Springfield, Minn....Pr., 1881 

Andrew P. Huckleberry Charlestown Pr., 1865 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 417 

John A. Huddlesou.... Paoli Pr., 1856 

William Hudelsoii Patoka So., 1860 

John M. Hudelson Ogden Fr., 1873 

Mattie Hudelson Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Lanville R. liudelston Paoli Jr., 1871 

John B. Hudspeth Boonville Sel., 1848 

Silas Hudson .. Paris Pr., 1851 

Henry H. Hudson Knights ville Pr., 1878 

William J. Huff Troy So., 1870 

Henderson M. Huff Troy Hr., 1871 

W. K. Huff' Troy Pr., 1882 

George W. Huftstetter Polk Rnn Pr., 1854 

David I. Huftstetter Orleans Sen., 1857 

Levi Hughes Bloomington So., 1840 

James Hughes Bloomington So., 1840 

James L. Hughes Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Robert Hughes ..Okawville, 111 Fr., 1867 

Florence Hughes Bloomington Sel., 1877 

Levi A. Hughes Bloomington Sel., 1878 

James D. Hughes Bloomington Fr., 1880 

Julia R. Hughes Bloomington Irr., 1880 

Frank H. Hughes Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Walter H. Hull Moore's Hill So., 1864 

John 0. Hulley Ogden Fr., 1872 

Heilin J. Humphrey Vallonia So., 1870 

Samuel G. Humphreys Patoka Fr., 1872 

James H. Humphreys Linton Fr., 1874 

James E. Humphries Rockville Sel., 1875 

James E. Humston Bedford Pr., 1868 

John Hunsucker Vallonia Pr., 1855 

John Hunt Lawreneeburg Sel., 1835 

W. L. Hunt Corydou .^ Pr., 1850 

Wesley S. Hunt .Jasper Pr., 1867 

Numa B. Hunt Prosperity Pr., 1868 

I). Eckley Hunter Philadelphia, Pa Fr., 1855 

William H. H. Hunter Versailles Pr., 1856 

Hiram A. Hunter Nashville, Tenn Fr., 1858 

David Hunter Bloomington Fr., 1860 

Lizzie E. Hunter Bloomington Sel., 1875 

Darwin M. Hunter Bloomington Pr., 1878 

John A. Hunter Bloomington So., 1880 



418 HISTOKY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Joseph H. Hunter Bloomington Fr., 1881 

Cyrus R. Hunter Southport Fr., 1881 

Frank T. Hunter Bloomington Pr., 1882 

James A. Hupp Hindostan Pr., 1880 

Henry W. Hurlburt Aurora Fr., 1857 

Lewis G. Hurlburt Aurora So., 1863 

Edward P. Hurlbut Mishawaka Irr., 1853 

Ida A. Husted Muncie So., 1869 

David H. Huston Bloomiield Fr., 1867 

David C. Hutchings' Columbus Pr., 1877 

Nellie A. Hutchinson New Albany So., 1876 

Isaac H. Hutchinson Evansville Pr., 1858 

Milton W. Hutto Kokomo So., 1883 

William E. Hyatt Utica Fr., 1869 

Robert Hyneman Monroe County Pr., 1835 

George Ingels, Jr Centre Pr., 1875 

Robert K.Ingle Sandersville Pr., 1862 

John K. Ingle Sandersville Sel., 1864 

Heber Ingle Evansville Fr., 1865 

Edward E. Ingles Scotland Pr., 1880 

William S. Ingram Rockport So., 1861 

Orlando C. Irvin Warsaw Pr., 1867 

J. W. Irwin Elkhart Fr., 1844 

Lycurgus Irwin Bedford Irr., 1852 

Ulysses W. Irwin Bedford Pr., 1845 

Walter J. Isanagle Chesterfield Pr., 1880 

J. A. Howard Isenhauer Bloomington Pr., 1837 

Calvin P. Isley Edinburgh Pr., 1879 

Enoch M. Jackson Anderson ville Irr., 1848 

Francis M. Jackson Rockville Irr., 1852 

J. William M. Jackson Walnut Hills, Fr., 1869 

George Jackson Glendale Sel., 1871 

Lincoln IST. Jackson Centreville Fr., 1882 

James H. Jackson Leesville Pr., 1882 

William R. Jacob Louisville, Ky Irr., 1846 

Charles W. Jacobs Ditney Hill Sel., 1864 

Samuel W. Jacoby Plymouth Sel., 1873 

Hugh Jameson Rising Sun Pr., 1854 

Albion S. Jaquith Knight's Corner So., 1870 

James W. JeiFerson Bloomington, 111 Se., 1874 

James D. Jeftries Bloomington Pr., 1866 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 419 

Carrie C. Jeffries Bloomingtoii Fr., 1876 

William G. Jenckes Terre Haute Irr., 1856 

William A. Jenkins Leavenworth Pr., 1861 

JS'athan S. Jenkins Leavenworth Sel., 1864 

Edward E. Jenkins St. Paul Pr., 1876 

Theodore 8. Jennings Bloomington Sel., 1872 

Charles E. Jennings Bloomington Fr., 1877 

John R. Jerauld...". Patoka..^. Fr., 1857 

Thomas H. Jerauld Patoka Sel., 1857 

Henry Jerauld Patoka So., 1860 

Theodore W. Jessup Friendswood Pr., 1876 

Charles L. Jewett Lexington Fr., 1866 

George A. John Logansport So., 1858 

F. Henry Johanning Haubstadt Pr., 1876 

Thomas Johnson Petersburg Pr., 1844 

Edward C.Johnson Lawrence County. ..So., 1848 

Jarvis Johnson ..Lawrence County. ..Pr., 1848 

Samuel F.Johnson Boonville Irr., 1852 

Alonzo Johnson Clark Pr., 1853 

Elihu Johnson Boonville Fr., 1854 

Robert Johnson Boonville Pr., 1855 

Wesley Johnson Boonville ' Fr., 1857 

Levi S.Johnson Spencer Pr., 1857 

James A. Johnson Danville Sel., 1858 

Benjamin F.Johnson Hart's Mills Pr., 1859 

Thomas J. S. Johnson Sellersburg Sel., 1859 

John T. Johnson Yankeetown So., 1860 

John Johnson Vincennes Fr., 1860 

James Johnson Williamsport Pr., 1860 

Henry B. Johnson JSTewburg Pr., 1860 

John F. Johnson Bloomington Pr., 1860 

Samuel M. Johnson Bloomington Pr., 1860 

David L. Johnson Bloomington Pr., 1860 

William H. Johnson Freedom .* Pr., 1861 

Abner Johnson Freedom Pr., 1861 

Newton A. Johnson Stout's Grove, Hl....Fr., 1862 

Thomas J. Johnson New Harmony Pr., 1864 

Barnett L. Johnson Owensboro, Ky Sel., 1865 

Maggie B. Johnson Bloomington Fr., 1873 

Washington Johnson Owensville Sel., 1873 

William A. Johnson Edinburgh Sel., 1878 



420 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

James M. Johnson Freedom Pr., 187!^ 

James M. Johnson Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Charles E. Johnson Evansville So., 1882 

A.Johnston Boonville Pr., 1845 

Alexander Johnston West Point, Iowa ...Jr., 1850 

Edward D. Johnston Fair Play Pr., 1852 

James N. Johnston Brookvillc Pr., 1856 

James M. Johnston Leesville Pr., 1858 

Pressley A. Johnston Franeisvihe ..Sel., 1865 

James Johnston, Jr I^ew Alhany Fr., 1871 

Maggie Johnston Bloomington Pr., 1855 

John M. Jones Bhjomington Pr., 1837 

Logan I). Jones Columhns Pr., 1838 

Daniel D. Jones Franklin Pr., 1842 

John D. Jones New Harmony Pr., 1853 

Aaron L. Jones Valparaiso Fr., 1854 

Jaiiies I. Jones Gentry ville Fr., 1857 

Rohert M. Jones Lonisville, Ky Pr., 1857 

Lnc'ins B. Jones Rising Sun Fr., 1858 

William T. Jones Louisville, Ky Pr., 1861 

John N. Jones Bloomfield Pr., 1863 

Andrew W.Jones Corydon ...So., 1864 

Aquila Jones Indianapolis Pr., 1867 

Lewis II. Jones Bloomtield Irr., 1871 

Rita C. Jones Newport Sel., 1875 

Nellie C. Winfried Jones Newport Sel., 1876 

Moses A Jones Raysville Pr., 1875 

Lora Jones Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Ella Jones Fort Bra'nch Pr., 1880 

Lew^is Jordan Corydon Fr., 1854 

Charles H, Jordan Corydon Fr., 1854 

Alfred Jordan Vincennes Pr., 1856 

Henry Jordan Corydon Fr., 1857 

Amasa Joslin Spencer ,. . . Pr., 1853 

Samuel Judah Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Winepark Judah Bloomington So., 1862 

Nohle B. Judah Vincennes Fr., 1870 

George W. Julian Logansport So., 1857 

Nathan J. Julian Logansport Pr., 1858 

Charles A. Junkin Bloomington Fr., 1873 

Maurice Kahn Sarraquemines, Fr...Pr., 1867 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 421 

Lewis E. Kean Louisville, Ky So., 1^63 

TalethaKeck Loogootee Pr., 1879 

Myra Keck Kecksville Pr., 1879 

John L. Keck Bloomiiigton Fr., 1882 

AUie Keene Versailles, Ky Pr., 1878 

James Keigwin Louisville, Ky Irr., 1850 

Theodore Keigwiii Louisville, Ky Irr,, 1852 

William H. Keith Kockford, 111 Fr., 1870 

Edwin E. Kellam Accomac, Va Irr., 1851 

Isaac H. Kellar Kokomo Pr., 1876 

Lizzie Kellog A^alparaiso Fr., 1 882 

Mary Kelly .r. Bloomiiigton Fr., 1872 

James T. Kelsey Bloomington Pr., 1859 

J. F. Kelso ^. Dubois Count;y^ Irr., 1841 

Thomas M. Kelso Morgan County Fr., 1848 

H. A. Kelso Morgan County Pr., 1850 

Erasmus L. Kelso Ireland Fr., 1879 

Marcus A. Kendal Richhmd Sel., 1875 

Harvey Kendall Mount Auburn Pr., 1876 

Gertrude Y. Kendall Santa Rosa, Cal Sel., 1877 

Alexander Kennedy Boligee, Ala So., 1846 

Joseph W. Kennedy CarHsle Pr., 1855 

W. M. Kennedy Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Addie Kennedy Bloomington Pr,, 1879 

John W. Kenner Graysville, 111 Pr., 1876 

John M. Kenny Louisville, Ky Pr., 1842 

James O. Kenny Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Ada Kenny Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Jenny Kenny Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Alexander Kent New Albany Fr., 1871 

J. Edgar Kenton Bloomington Fr., 1866 

Stanton A. Kenton Canton, O Fr., 1867 

Leonidas Kern Fayetteville Fr,, 1858 

Minnie Kern Mattoon, 111 ...Pr., 1877 

Frank A. Kerns Wyoming, 111 Fr,, 1880 

William H. Kerr Rogersville Fr,, 1865 

Henry Kerr Bloomington Pr., 1882 

John C. Kestor Vigo County ,.Irr., 1846 

Henry T, Ketcham Monroe County Jr,, 1835 

Absalom Ketcham Monroe County Irr,, 1868 

William F, Ketcham Monroe County.. ..Pr., 1855 

28— History. 



422 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Frank W. Ketcham Smithville Pr., 1857 

Lewis Ketcham Keek's Church Fr., 1855 

Henry B. Ketcham Paris, 111 Pr., 1865 

James L. Ketcham .'.Bloomington .Se., 1874 

Emma Ketcham Bloomington Sel., 1878 

Charles W. Keys Solsherry Pr., 1867 

L. S. Keyser Elkhart."^. Fr., 1878 

William A. Kight Poseyville Fr., 1869 

Robert J. Killian Martinsville Pr., 1862 

John Killongh Bloomington Pr., 1841 

Michael Kime Marion County Irr., 1846 

Rufus R. Kime Union Pr., 1877 

Thomas J. Kincaid Paclucah, Ky Fr., 1865 

Owen Kincaid Andersonville S. Fr., 1873 

Willis King Harrison County ....Irr., 1844 

Jacob F. King Otto Pr., 1866 

Henry C. King Otto Pr., 1866 

William B. King Hardensburg Pr., 1868 

Helena Emma King Bloomington Pr., 1880 

William C. King Nashville So., ]881 

Nan King Nashville Pr., 1881 

James Kirby Bloomington Pr., 1878 

J. R. Kirby Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Francis B. Kirby Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Thomas Kinkman Jacksonville Pr., 1848 

William P. Kirkpatrick Sellersburg Pr., 1878 

Andrew J. Kiser Peru Pr., 1847 

James K. Kiser ...West Point Pr., 1845 

Albert B. Kitchell Palestine, 111 Pr., 1837 

Alfred Kitchell Palestine, 111 Pr., 1838 

Elijah W. Knapp Queensville Irr., 1848 

Oustave Knapp Ferdinand Pr., 1878 

James H. Knight Bloomington Se., 1862 

Avery Knight^ Belleville, 111 Pr., 1865 

Elmer Knight Bedford Pr., 1882 

Isaac Koons Qtica S. Fr., 1859 

John P. Kramer Evansville Pr., 1859 

Alice M. Kriner Bloomington Pr., 1880 

William Krogman Tell City Fr., 1881 

W. Butler Krumbhaar Terre Haute Fr., 1852 

Ira M. Krutz Florence Pr., 1876 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY.- 423 

Henry Kurtz Princeton Fr., 1868 

Robert B. Kyle Louisville, Ky Pr., 1863^ 

P. B. Labertew Bloomington Fr., 1839' 

Gabriel Labertew Bloomington Pr., 1842' 

William A. Labertew Dover, Mo Pr., 18'6^' 

Homer LaFaver Gosport Pr., 1882 

Charles E. Lake Stockwell .. Sel., 1872 

A. Lamar Rockport Pr., 1856 

Will E. Lancaster Larwell Pr., 1882 

Amos Lane Aurora S. Fr., 1859 

William C. Lane Zionsville So., 1860 

Milton Lane Zionsville So., 1860 

Steven W.Lane Organ Spring Pr., 1862 

Samuel T. Langclon Vincennes Irr., 1852 

Lewis L. Lange ISTapoleon Pr., 1858 

Alexander C. Lanier Madison So., 1839 

J. W. Lanman Grandview Pr., 1882 

William H. Larue Solsberry Pr., 1878 

J. M. Laselle Madison So., 1835 

Charles B. Laselle Logansport Fr., 1839 

James B. Lathrop Greensburg Fr., 1845 

Nettie Latimer Bloomington Pr., 1876 

William B. Laughlin Rnshville...., Sen., 1859 

Samuel B. Laughlin Evansville Sel., 1865 

R. L. Law Vincennes Pr., 1839 

William G. Law Solsberry Fr., 1882 

Elias D. Lawrence Louisville Fr., 1846 

Ovid Lawrence , Terre Haute Fr., 1881 

J. W. Lawton Elizabethtown, Ky..Pr., 1^54 

Joseph Lawven IN'ashville Sel., 1871 

David A. Leech Franklin Sel., 1875- 

Lemuel F. Leake Waveland Irr., 1852 

Oliver S. Leavenworth Leavenworth S. Fr., 1857 

Elias P. Leavenworth Leavenworth Fr., 1863 

Andrew J. Lee Putnam Pr., 1846 

Clement L. Lee Gosport Irr., 1848 

Jasper N. Lee Riley Pr., 1863 

Auguste Ledoux St. Martinsville, La.Pr., 1855 

William Leeper Marion County Pr., 1846 

John W. LeFevre Houston Fr., 1875 

Clara Belle Letfler Bloomington Pr., 1882 



424 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

J. B. Leach Edgar County Pr., I860 

S. M. Lemon Lawrence Pr., 1845 

Homer A. Lemon Harrodsburg ..Pr., 1856 

John Ilerschel Lemon Bloomington So., 1863 

James Lemond Jasper County Pr., 1848 

W. Matthew Lenon Camden Pr., 1877 

John Leonard Monroe County Irr., 1853 

John F. Leonard Bloomington Pr., 1857 

John H. Leonard Smithville Pr., 1863 

Silas M. Leonard Smithville ....Fr., 1881 

Homer Leonard ..Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Frank A. Lesley Petersburg Pr., 1863 

James li. Lester Bloomiield Irr., 1872 

George B. Lewis Jennings County ....Hr., 1846 

George H. Lewis Lewisburg, W. Ya..Sel., 1865 

Jesse Lewis Bellemore Pr., 1879 

Isaac P. Leyden New Albany So., 1863 

T. Edward Leyden New Albany So., 1864 

L. Likens Greenfield Pr., 1850 

Charles W. Lindley Harveysburg So., 1870 

Sylvia J. Lindley Eldora, Iowa Pr., 1878 

Walter C. Lindley Bloomington Pr., 1881 

William H. Lindley Owen County Pr., 1845 

Henry C. Littlejohn Jasonville c.Pr., 1876 

Jefferson Litton Pinhook Pr., 1854 

William L Littrel.. Warren., ...Irr., 1844 

Anthony Livers Floyd County !..Pr., 1848 

Frank E. Locke Newport Pr., 1879 

Frank T. Lockhart Yallonia Pr., 1866 

Armwell Lockwood WashingtonCounty Pr., 1841 

Edgar C. Loehr .' Noblesville So., 1869 

John S. Logan Salem So., 1862 

Lilian Logan Bloomington Fr., 1883 

Elisha Long Charlestown Fr., 1845 

Wm. C. Long Hartsville Fr., 1851 

John H.Long Hartsville So., 1852 

David F. Long Hartsville So., 1852 

D. Horatio Long Brownstown Pr., 1868 

John S. Long ..Princeton Irr., 1871 

Hugh D. Long Angola Sel., 1874 

Jesse W. Longacre Goshen S. Fr., 1870 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 425 

Charles W. Loper Oakdam Pr., 1857 

Maggie E. Lorch Troy Pr., 1879 

Washington Lostetter Milton, Ky.. S. Fr., 1872 

Jeremiah C. Lotz Portland .'... Pr., 1847 

Cyrus Loudon Springville Pr., 1863 

William P. Lough Kcwanna Irr., 1853 

Lee Love Mauckport Fr., 1868 

George C. Lowe Louisville, Ky Pr., 1845 

Howard R. Lowder Springville So., 1870 

Lindley T. Lowder Springville Fr., 1871 

Allie Lowder Springville .....Pr., 1881 

Ananias W. Lowdermilk Poland Irr., 1867 

William W. Lowe Burlington, la ..Irr., 1846 

JeiFerson Lowe Bloomington Pr., 1853 

Lafayette Lowe Monroe County Pr., 1848 

William LoAve Bloomington Pr., 1855 

John R. Lowe Harrodsburg So., 1877 

Ettie Lowe Harrodsburg Pr., 1877 

A. A. Lowe Cynthiana.^. Pr., 1881 

William Lowndes Vincennes Pr., 1835 

Thomas P. Lueas Monroe County Pr., 1842 

Desdemona Lucas., Bloomington Sel., 1878 

Omar T. Ludlow Lawrenceburg So., 1864 

George Ludwig Ladoga S. Fr., 1861 

Frederick Luring Haubstadt Pr., 1877 

Henry Lutes Houston Pr., 1853 

Howard B. Lutes Bloomington Sel., 1871 

George M. Lutes Bloomington Sel., 1871 

Ira Lutes Topeka, Kan Pr., 1874 

Peter T. Luther Bowling Green Pr., 1866 

JohnLuzadder PerryviUe Pr., 1878 

Margaret Luzadder Bloomington Fr., 1881 

Grant Luzadder Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Lillie M. Luzadder Bloomington Pr., 1882 

James E. Lynn Indianapolis Pr., 1880 

Eveline Lyon Bloomington Pr., 1881 

James B. Mabury Jetfersonville So., 1855 

W. J. McBride Elkhart Pr., 1842 

William S. McBride Goshen Irr., 1844 

John McBride Martin County Pr., 1848 

James McBride Bloomington Pr., 1855 



426 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

J. McBroom Fountain County ...Sel., 1845 

Mattie McCabe Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Lizzie McCabe Bloomington Pi\, 1882 

James McCall Terre Haute Pr., 1837 

William McCall Terre Haute Sen., 1839 

H. McCall Terre Haute Pr., 1839 

Henry McCalla Monroe County Irr., 1851 

William McCalla Monroe County Irr., 1851 

Samuel McCalla Bloomington Pr., 1858 

Joseph McCalley Martinsville S. Fr., 1861 

James McCann Connersville So., 1854 

Newton McCann McCutchins S. Pr., 1866 

William J. McCaughan Monroe County Pr., 1848 

Daniel McCauglian Monroe County Irr., 1854 

Agnes McCaughan Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Lizzie B. McCaughan Bloomington Pr., 1875 

James T. McCaw Chester Dis'ct, S. C.Pr., 1858 

Maggie McCaw Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Joseph H. McCleskey Daviess County Irr., 1851 

Rufus S. McCliing Rochester ". Fr., 1859 

David McClure Gosport Irr., 1844 

Daniel W. McClure Gosport Sel., 1845 

William McClure ..Mohawk Village Pr., 1882 

Erastus McClure Marion S. Fr., 1864 

David W. McClurkin Elkhorn, 111 Pr., 1860 

John C. McClurkin Princeton Fr., 1869 

Ira McCluskey Washington Irr., 1847 

Findley MeCollough Bloomington Pr., 1839 

Milton L. MeCollough Bloomington .........Irr., 1852 

Charles J. MeCollough Cincinnati Pr., 1853 

John O. MeCollough Bloomington Irr., 1853 

M. Smith MeCollough Summitsville Pr., 1855 

William H. MeCollough Bloomington S. Fr., 1857 

William S. MeCollough Summitsville Pr., 1858 

Henry MeCollough Bloomington ,.Pr., 1867 

W. W. MeCollough Rockport Sel., 1875 

Martin L. MeCollough Haney's Corner, Ia..Pr., 1878 

Stella MeCollough Bloomington Pr., 1879 

James C. McConahy Mitchell S. Fr., 1857 

David E. McConaghy Goshen Fr., 1877 

John D. McConnell Booneville Fr., 1845 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 427 

Robert A. McConnell Aurora S. Fr., 1871 

John McCord Alfordsville Pr., 1861 

Arianna P. McCord Bloomington Sel., 1872 

William H. McCord Bloomington So., 1880 

Euos McCormack Owensboro, Ky Sel., 1865 

Wilson I. McCormack WolcottviUe...'. So., 1883 

William A. McCoy Charleston Pr., 1866 

Lewis McCoy Golconda So., 1864 

John H. McCoy Bean Blossom Pr., 'l879 

W. M. McCoy Greensburg Jr., 1880 

Edward McCrea Harrodsburg Pr., 1854 

John McCrea Bloomington Pr., 1861 

E. McCrillis Jasper County Pr., 1845 

S. B. McCrillis Jasper County Pr., 1845 

Aaron McCrillis Jasper County Pr., 1857 

Sylvanus F. McCrillis Jasper County Pr., 1857 

James H, McCullough Indianapolis Sen., 1865 

Samuel McCune , Bloomington Pr., 1857 

Edwin McCurdy Princeton So., 1877 

Cornelius McBauiel , Owen County Pr., 1845 

Reuben E. McDaniel Portland Mills Fr., 1868 

John W. McDaniel Little York Irr., 1871 

Clark McDermont Bloomington Pr., 1861 

Samuel H. McDill Richlamf So., 1882 

David McDonald Bloomington Pr., 1837 

Alfred McDonald Bloomington Pr., 1842 

Malcolm A. McDonald Indianapolis So., 1868 

Horace E. McDonald Crothersville So., 1881 

William H. McDowel Springville Pr., 1863 

Thomas J. McElrath Warrenton, Miss Sen., 1838 

Theodore R. McFerson Evansville Sen., 1862 

Pleasant C. McGannon Vernon Irr., 1856 

Rufus McGee Martinsville Pr., 1861 

Ben A. McGee Bloomington Sel., 1872 

Monroe McGill Cloverdale Pr., 1857 

Belle McGilvrey Hollandsburg Pr., 1881 

John R. McGinnes Putnam County Pr., 1842 

Archibald McGinnis Bloomington Pr., 1856 

George G. McGinnis Martinsburg Pr., 1881 

Charles C. McGinnis Martinsburg Pr., 1882 

Nicholas H. McGuire Loogootee S. Fr., 1860 



428 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 

Luther M. McHenry Carmi, 111 Fr., 186^' 

George M. McHeiiry Carmi, 111 So., 1870 

Martin B. McHenry Sugar Branch Pr., 1875- 

Charles S. McHenry Sugar Branch Pr., 1878 

Alexander A. McHatton Morea, 111 Pr., 1878 

Edwin C. Mclntire Bryantsville Fr., 1868 

William McKee Wheeling, W. Ya...Fr., 1844 

James T. McKee Lawrenceburg Pr.^ 1860" 

William B. McKee Bloomfield Pr., 1877 

Emma P. McKee Bloomlield Pr., 1877 

John H. Mackey Rochester Pr., 1861 

James L. Mackey EvansviJle So., 1880 

Cyrus W. McKenzie Waverly Pr., 1875 

Lucy McKinlay Bloomington Pr., 1881 

A. M. McKinney Livonia SeL, 1845 

A. J. McKinney Sullivan County Sel., 1845 

Lawson E. McKinney Martinsville Pr., 1861 

Morton C. McKinney Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Elmer Grant McKinney Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Ethel G. McKinney Bloomington Pr., 1882 

George W. McKinstry Hamburg, Ark Jr., 1874 

Oliver P. McKissick Cooperstown, Pa....S. Fr., 1865 

Rankin B. McKissick Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Aaron H. McKissick Bloomington Pr., 1868 

George W. McKnight Bedford.^. Fr., 1870 

Inez C. McKnight"^ Bedford Pr., 1881 

Hiram H. McLW- Bedford Pr., 1835 

William McMahan Harrison County.. ..Pr., 1842 

John McMahan Salem Pr., 1842 

Dennis McMahan Salem Pr., 1842 

William H. McMakin Vevay Fr., 1855 

Robert McMaster Princeton Fr., 1861 

Cora McMichael Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Gavin Riley McMillan Xenia, Ohio Jr., 1845 

Samuel H. McMillan ..Xenia, Ohio Jr., 1858. 

William B. McMillan Bloomington So., 1858 

William B. McMillan Sugar Grove Fr., 1873 

John W. McMullen Manchester So., 1870 

William S. McMurtrie Parke County Sen., 1838 

James H. McMurtrie Parke County Jr., 1848 

Lucille M. McNay Duncansville. Jr., 1882 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 429 

Gilbert McNutt Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Finley McNutt Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Irvin II. McPhetridge Bloomington Pr., 1856 

John McPheeters Canton, 111 Pr., 1839 

William H. McPheeters Canton, 111 Pr., 1846 

Joseph G. McPheeters, Jr.. ....Bloomington So., 1860 

Charles H. McPheeters Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Samnel McPheeters Turkey Cov^, N. C.Pr., 1868 

Ida B. McPheeters Santa Fe, 111 Pr., 1874 

Lulu McPheeters Santa Fe, 111 Pr., 1879 

Hugh R. McPherson Morgan Pr., 1844 

Joseph W. McRae Elizabeth Fr., 1854 

John A. McRae Springdale Pr., 1855 

William McVey Danville Pr., 1845 

Rufus Magee Indianapolis So., 1865 

James Maidlow Evansville Pr., 1853 

William S. Major Martinsville So., 1856 

John Malott Bedford So., 1870 

Ida Manlej Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Albert K Mann Mt. Vernon Pr., 1874 

James Manners Ladoga Pr., 1848 

John D. Mansfield Leavenworth Pr., 1860 

John S. Mansfield Leavenworth So., 1868 

George A. Marcellns :N'ashvilk- S. Fr., 1872 

Jacob C. Marchand Larwill Pr., 1881 

James Marlin Bloomington Sel., 1874 

Hubbard A. L. Marshall Bloomington Pr., 1837 

Randolph W. Marshall Bloomington Fr., 1839 

David Marshall Rush County Jr., 1848 

R. J. Taylor Marshall Warrenton, Va Fr., 1852 

James H. Marshall New Albany So., 1863 

George D. Marshall Bardstown, Ky Pr., 1866 

Sarah Marshall Martinsville Fr., 1870 

Andrew H. Marshall Martinsville So., 1872 

J.Blaine Marshall New Albany Jr., 1860 

Claudius B. H. Martin Livonia Fr., 1846 

E. S. Martin Clermont County, O.Irr., 1850 

Robert L. Martin Wheeling, Miss Irr., 1851 

Henry D. Martin New Philadelphia. ..Pr., 1856 

Benjamin F. Martin Leavenworth Pr., 1856 

Nevius Lowrie Martin Neosho County, Ks. Sel., 1877 



430 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. H 

_j5? 

Emma T. Martin South Mound, Ks...Fr., 1881 

James W. Martimlale Cloverdale S. Fr., 1867 

Elsberry Martindale Cincinnati Pr., 1882 

Mahalie E. Martindale Buena Vista Pr., 1882 

C. C. Mason Rockport Pr., 1850 

William T. Mason Cannelton Irr., 18.51 

James L. Mason Brownsville Irr., 1853 

Ferdinand Mason Grandview Irr., 1853 

William T. Mason Rockport S. Fr., 1865 

Lycurgns C. Mason Rockport So., 1866 

George C. Mason Somerville Fr., 1872 

William C. Mason Grandview Fr., 1882 

John M. Mathony Brown County Pr., 1851 

Samuel Mathers Monroe County Fr., 1868 

J. C. Mathers Monroe County Fr., 1835 

William K Mathers Monroe County Irr., 1847 

James E. Mathers Bloomingtou Fr., 1868 

Samuel M. Mathers Bloomington Fr., 1868 

Presley M. Mathers Bloomington Pr., 1880 

J. M. Mathes Bloomington Sel., 1841 

Jeremiah V. Mathes Bloomington Pr., 1847 

John C. Mathes Morgan County Irr., 1847 

J. C. Mathes Bloomington Pr., 1850 

Robert J. L. Matthews New Albany So., 1854 

James E. Matthews Bloomington Pr., 1857 

Lillie Matthews Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Samuel Mattox Livonia So., 1857 

T. Harvey Mauck Princeton Fr., 1872 

James W. Mavity Titusville Sen., 1869 

Joseph M. Maverty Bloomington Pr., 1856 

Joseph P. Maxey..'. Shoal Creek, 111 So., 1866 

Edward N. Maxwell Louisville, Ky Fr., 1840 

David H. Maxwell, Jr Bloomington So., 1845 

Edward B. Maxwell Bloomington Pr., 1847 

Levi I). Maxwell.... Brownstown Sen., 1862 

T. Howard Maxwell Bloomington So., 1866 

Charles E. Maxwell Bloomington Pr., 1868 

W^alter E. Maxwell Bloomington Sel., 1875 

Franklin Maxwell Mitchell Pr., 1876 

Mary E. Maxwell Bloomington Sel., 1876 

John F. May Monroe County Irr., 1848 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 431 

Charles May i^ewbern Pr., 1851 

Robert May Newberii Pr., 1851 

Jonathan M. May Monroe Irr., 1852 

James li. May Michigan City Pr., 1860 

Kitty May Ellettsville Pr., 1878 

Laura C. May Ellettsville Pr., 1879 

John L. May Bloomington So., 1880 

John Otto May Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Clara May Clear Creek Pr., 1881 

Christian P. Mayer Palestine S. Fr., 1859 

Levi P. Mayer Palestine So., 1860 

Herman B. Mayes Lexington, Ky Fr., 1837 

Robert B. Mayes Lexington, Ky Fr., 1837 

Nettie Mayfield Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Louis Mayo Albion, 111 Pr., 1857 

H. Mays Lexington, Ky Pr., 1835 

Annie E. Mays .St. Bernice, Iowa....Pr., 1878 

Charles A. Meacham Rockville Pr., 1858 

Claudius M. Meek Monroe County Pr., 1845 

William P. Meek Bloomington Pr., 1851 

Hanford E. Meeker Salem Centre Pr., 1862 

Tilghman W. Mefford Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Peter M. MefFord Bloomington Fr., 1881 

Edward Meftbrd Bloomington Pr., 1882 

John M. Meissner Ludlow S. Fr., 1866 

Chapman C. Menaugh.... Salem Pr., 1862 

Charles R. Menaugh Delphi So., 1870 

John Mendenhall Napoleon Irr., 1846 

Samuel G. Meredith Hobbieville S. Fr., 1871 

James B. Merriwether Jefferson Pr., 1847 

Orlando R. Merriwether .Jefferson Pr., 1847 

Orlando Mershon Bloomington Pr., 1835 

Orrick xMetcalf Adams County, Mis.Jr., 1842 

James W. Metcalf. Adams County, Mis.Fr., 1842 

John A. Metzler Laud Sel., 1877 

Charles F. Meyer North Vernon S. Fr., 1873 

William M. Michener Connersville Fr., 1876 

Scott Michener Connersville Jr., 1883 

Morgan L. Miers Greensburgh Pr., 1877 

George D. S. Milam Monroe County Pr., 1851 

Enos M. Miles Bowling Green Irr., 1847 



432 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

T. M. Miles Aurora Pr., 1850 

Curtis C. Milieu Indianola Pr., 1879 

S. F. Miller Louisville, Ky Pr., 1838 

Horace Miller Louisville, Ky Pr., 1838 

George W. Miller Montgomery Co Irr., 1848 

Griffey Miller Kosciusko Pr., 1852 

George Miller Chester Dis., S. C.Fr., 1854 

diaries S. Miller Russellville Se., 1857 

William B. Miller Bloomington S. Fr., 1857 

Benjamin F. Miller Jeffersonville Fr., 1860 

James H. Miller Smitliville S. Fr., 1861 

Daniel S. W. Miller Old Point ..Pr., 1861 

George B. Miller Jeffersonville S. Fr., 1861 

Charles Miller Bloomington S. Fr., 1871 

Belle V. Miller Mahalasviile Pr., 1878 

John B. Miller... Glenwood Jr., 1883 

Benjamin F. Miller Connersville So., 1883 

James Milligan Monroe County Pr., 1845 

Joseph Milliron Lafayette Pr., 1865 

James L. Millis Paoli S. Fr., 1857 

William A. Mills Bridgeport Fr., 1870 

James B. Milner Sedalia Jr., 1880 

Sylvanus Milner Mt. Vernon .....Pr., 1851 

William IL Minet Bloomington Pr., 1857 

Jennie Misener Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Emma Misener Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Giles B. Mitchell Morgan County Pr., 1839 

Joseph C. Mitchell Monroe Pr., 1844 

James C. Mitchell Monroe County Irr., 1846 

John K. Mitchell Bloomington Pr., 1855 

Thomas B. Mitchell Martinsville Pr., 1855 

James F. Mitchell Hopewell Pr., 1856 

James Mitchell Martinsville Pr., 1857 

John Mitchell Martinsville Pr., 1858 

Andrew Jackson Mitchell Bloomington Pr., 1858 

Albert S. Mitchell Martinsville Pr., 1863 

William C. Mitchell Martinsville So., 1864 

Henry E.Mitchell State-Line City Pr., 1866 

George K. Mitchell Bloomington. Fr., 1867 

Edgar Y. Mitchell Martinsville Fr., 1870 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 48^ 

James I. Mitchell Beck's Mill Pr., 1876 

Robert Bartlett Mitchell Beck's Mill Fr., 1877 

Walter J. Mitchell Vernon Fr., 1881 

R. Lee Mitchell Bloomington Pr., 1882 

J. Mix Latayette Pr., 1835 

Alexander J. Moberley Monroe County Pr., 1844 

Edward Emmett Moberley Gosport #Pr., 1847 

Kate Moberley Bloomington Pr., 1 878 

Laura J. Moberley Bloomington Fr., 1879 

Welton M. Modisett Terre Haute Sr., 1837 

James A. Modisett Terre Haute Pr., 1838 

James E. Moffatt Bloomington So., 1864 

Walter E. Moftatt Perrysville Sel., 1876 

Joshua Moffitt Independence So., 1850 

Martha L. Moifitt Bloomington Fr., 1868 

Thomas Monahan Bloomington Pr., 1875 

Leander J. Monks Winchester Jr., 1864 

Alexander J. Montgomery Princeton Pr., 1865 

Francis M.Montgomery Poseyville S. Fr., 1872 

William Montgomery London So., 1873 

Mary E. Montgomery Sacramento, 111 Fr., 1873 

Ettie M. Montgomery Carmi, 111 Sel., 1875 

J. Euphemia Montgomery Carmi, 111 Pr., 1875 

J. Knox Montgomery Carmi, 111 Fr., 1881 

Obra F. Montgomery Rochester So., 1882 

Jacob Mood... ."^ Stanford Pr., 1862 

George R. Moon, Jr Warsaw So., 1869 

Thomas B. Mooney Columbus ...Fr., 1878 

John A. Moore Indianapolis .,Pr., 1835 

William M. Moore Georgetou, 111... Pr., 1842 

John T. S. Moore Owen County Pr., 1844 

Anthony W. Moore Owen County Pr., 1844 

Thomas Moore ....Jackson Irr., 1844 

David Moore , Bloomington Pr., 1844 

George Green Moore Carroll Irr., 1844 

John Moore Monroe County Irr., 1845 

T.W.Moore Jackson .' Fr., 1845 

Rufus F. G. Moore Owen County Sel., 1845 

Robert Moore .Jackson Fr., 1845 

Robert Moore Monroe County...... So., 1847 

John S. Moore — Bloomington .........;Pri,, 1848 



434 HISTORY OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Jackson L. Moore Lawrence Pr., 1851 

Gholson A. Moore Spencer So,, 1856 

William J. Moore Springville SeL, 1864 

James K. P. Moore Owensboro, Ky S. Fr., 1865 

Edward J. Moore Springville SeL, 1864 

William M. Moore Bloomington Pr., 1866 

Samnel B. Moore New Belfeville Pr., 1866 

William H. Moore Nashville, 111 So., 1867 

Juliet M. Moore Owego, K Y SeL, 1877 

Lou Moore Bloomington Pr., 1881 

George Frank Moore Bloomington SeL, 1882 

John R. Moore Bloomington ..Pr., 1882 

James Morgan liockport Pr., 1835 

James Morgan Olathe, Kas So., 1860 

Lewis T. Morgan Franklin Pr., 1866 

Eugene A. Morgan Brownsville Pr., 1866 

John W. Morgan Columbus Fr., 1868 

William Morgan Trafalgar S. Fr., 1870 

Thomas J.Morgan Austin ..Fr., 1880 

Fannie H. Morgan Kniglitstown So., 1881 

Calvin C. Morrical Laporte Pr., 1857 

Robert Morris Washington Co Pr., 1841 

Charles C. Morris Colona ^.. Fr., 1873 

W. Henry Morrison Indianapolis Irr., 1847 

Willard L. Morrison Alpha Pr., 1880 

Lora Morrison Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Lafayette Mortimer Shelbyville So., 1856 

T. L. Morton Bloomington Irr., 1850 

B. L. Morton Lake County Pr., 1854 

George J. Mosbaugh Cicero Pr., 1861 

Manville S. Moser Georgetown So., 1869 

Charles W. Moss Clay County Pr., 1846 

David MoHS Marion County Pr., 1846 

Peter W. Moss New Bavaria, O Pr., 1860 

George W. Mounts Columbus Pr., 1861 

Hiram Moyer Orleans So., 1842 

Horace B. Mulky. Bloomington SeL, 1876 

James W. MuUikin Bloomington Pr., 1857 

William Mullikin Bloomington Pr., 1860 

Olie Mullikin Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Metta Mullinix Bloomington Fr., 1882 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 435 

Elmer MuUiuix Bloomington Fr., 1882 

O. E. Mullinix Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Julius Mulvey Madison Jr., 1850 

Thomas H. Mumford.. New Harmony Sel., 1865 

Alexander M. Murphy Bloomington So., 1838 

Julian Murphy Pulaski Pr., 1857 

Alexander D. Murphy Sullivan Fr., 1860 

Anderson R. Murray Breckin'dge Co.,K:y.Pr., 1839' 

Charles T. Murray Indianapolis So., 1867 

Daniel Murray Bloomington Fr., 1869 

John S. Murray Louisville, Ky Fr., 1879 

Samuel A. Mutehmore Philadelphia, Pa Jr., 1853 

Charles Mutz Edinburgh So., 1870 

William J. Myers Decatur Fr., 1859 

NoahD. Myers Wallace Fr., 1868^ 

Columbus L. Myers Wallace Fr., 1869 

Lida Myers Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Moses H. Naber Laketown Sel., 1871 

J. C. Nail Elizabethtown, Ky..Pr., 1854 

Samuel C. Neal Benton, 111 Fr., 1868 

Nathan Neeld Monroe County Pr., 1858 

James H. Neeld Monroe County Pr., 1841 

Alice M. Neely Mocksville, N. C So., 1879 

Frank T. Neeiy Hookerton, K C Pr., 1881 

Arthur C. Neely Hookerton, N. C Pr., 1881 

Francis L. Neff. Hendricks County ...Fr., 1852 

James L. Neff Winchester So., 1864 

John E. Neif Winchester Fr., 1864 

John W. Negley Indianapolis Fr., 1869 

Simon Neidigh Morgantown Pr., 1875 

Lizzie Neidigh Bean Blossom Pr., 1879 

William NeiU Newark Pr., 1881 

Martha E. Nellinger Hobbieville Pr., 1874 

Joseph W. Nelson Jefferson County. ...Sel., 1845 

Thomas B. Nesbit Monroe County Irr., 1848 

William G. Nesbit Carthage, 111 Pr., 1859 

James P. Nesbit Lebanon Pr., 1879 

William F. Nevitt Lawrenceburg Pr., 1846 

James A. New Greenfield So., 1871 

Willard New Vernon Fr., 1881 

Joseph Newby Bridgeport Fr., 1870' 



436 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 

John Quincy Newliu Carthage Fr., 1883 

Jonathan W. Newman llichmond So., 1859 

Scott Newman Louisville, Ky Pr., 1863 

Dale 0. Newton Indianapolis ....Fr., 1873 

John Newsom Columbus S. Fr., 1856 

Nathan Newsom Azalia So., 1859 

Williamson T. Newsom Columbus So., 1865 

G. Albert Newsom Columbus.... ...Pr., 1877 

J. R. Newson Bartholomew Irr., 1850 

John Q. A. Newson Azalia So., 1857 

Eli James Newton Wabash Sr., 1868 

William E. Niblack Dubois Fr., 1840 

Morton Nickols Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Thomas A. Nicholson Jeftersonville ...Fr., 1861 

Richard Nicholson Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Jacob Nickles Winamac Pr., 1859 

William Niel Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Charles T. Noble Terre Haute So., 1862 

Philip Nodurft.. Williamsport Pr., 1857 

Francis Notlsinger Roekville Pr., 1852 

R. W. N.Noland Terre Haute Pr., 1840 

Allen D. Norman Louisville, Ky Sel., 1872 

Alice Norman Louisville, Ivy Fr., 1872 

Joseph S.Norman Louisville, Ivy So., 1872 

Q. M. Norman Ileltonville Fr., 1879 

Morton Norman Heltonville Pr., 1881 

Nannie Norman Bloomington Pr,, 1882 

Martin Norman Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Estelle Norman HeltonviHe Pr., 1882 

Elizabeth Norman Bloomington Pr,, 1882 

Robert S, Northcott Yevay Fr., 1882 

Joseph R. Northcraft ..Madison So., 1856 

Thomas V. Norvell Springville Pr., 1864 

Marion Nuckalls Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Ella J. Nuckalls Salem. ..r. Pr,, 1875 

Augustus Nugent Juliette Pr,, 1857 

John E. Nutt Bloomington Pr,, 1861 

Omar Oakes Valparaiso So., 1846 

Ovid Oakes Valparaiso Fr., 1848 

Floyd G. Ogden Utica Pr., 1861 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 437 

•J. S. Ogg Solsbeny Fr., 1879 

Albert V. Ogg Solsbeny Fr., 1879 

Frederick H. Ogle Prairietown Fr., 1880 

Blanche E. Ogle Prairietown Pr., 1880 

Jesse O'Hair Paris, Illinois Fr., 1866 

Frank J. O'Haver Sullivan Pr., 1875 

Charles A. Olcott Xorth Vernon Irr., 1871 

Thomas D. Olin Omro, Wis Irr., 1871 

Andrew S. Oliphant Union So., 1870 

Joseph Oliver Louisville, Ky Pr., 1838 

Alcide Olivier St. Martinsville, La.Pr., 1875 

Hugh O'Neal Indianapolis Jr., 1835 

William II. O'Xeai >s"ewberry Pr., 1856 

William S. Oppenheim Bluffton So., 1875 

^Calvin C. Orahood Camden Pr., 1877 

Baynard R. Orchard Bloomington Pr., 1859 

James R. Orchard.. Bloomington So., 1866 

Isaac S. Orchard Bloomington Pr., 1866 

Samuel J. Orchard Bloomington Pr., 1868 

John B. O'Reilly Yazoo, Miss Pr., 1852 

Jackson Orr....."^ Elkhart Irr., 1852 

William Orr Elkhart Irr., 1852 

Francis B. Orr Mishawaka Irr., 1853 

Thomas B. Orr Plymouth Jr., 1875 

Robert Elmwood Orr Attica SeL, 1877 

Samuel C. Osborn Cari)entersville Jr., 1862 

James S. Otis Butler Sel., 1875 

William S. Otwell Bloomington S. Pr., 1863 

Francis Overman Bryantsville Fr., 1870 

William D. Owen Bloomington Irr., 1865 

William H. Owen ]S'ew Harmony S. Fr., 1866 

McHeniy Owen.. Medora Sel., 1876 

Lizzie Owen Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Alexander Owens Bloomington Sel., 1845 

William J. Owens Monroe County Sel., 1846 

Samuel R. Owens Springville Pr., 1846 

Robert N. Palmer Bedford Jr., 1870 

Wallace C. Palmer Elkhart 

Romanta J. Paquinette Benton, Mo Irr., 1847 

J). Lizzie Parham Bloomington Pr., 1880 

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438 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

William Park Blue Grass Pr., 1854 

Arthur Parke Oakdam Pr., 1856 

Charles Parke Oakdam S. Fr., 1861 

Shelby Parke Perryville Pr., 1878 

Thomas Parker Oxford Pr., 1846 

Noah Parker Tipton Pr., 1859 

Basil J.Parker Oxford Sel., 1865 

Victor H. Parker Carmi, 111 S. Fr., 1872 

J. W. Parker Grandview Fr., 1882 

Delia Parker Graudview Fr., 1882 

J. Ji. Parkinson Monroe County Fr., 1845 

Thomas S. Parks Bloomington So., 1838 

Elijah M. Parks ..Bloomington So., 1842 

Ambrose C. Parks Lawrence County... Pr., 1865 

James M. Parks Bloomington Irr., 1850 

Milton H. Parks Martinsville So., 1862 

John A. Parks Aurora Fr., 1871 

James L. Parks Coldwater, Miss Pr., 1877 

William H. H. Parks Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Clarence M. Parks Ellettsvifle So., 1883 

Clara L. Parmenter Loogootee Sel., 1871 

Pichard M. Parrish Bloomington Pr., 1852 

George W. Parrish. Cuba Pr., 1861 

Amos W. Parrish Falmouth S. Fr., 1871 

Lewis C. Parrish Cuba Fr., 1871 

Frank Parsons Portland, Ky So., 1869 

M. Frank Pate Dresden So., 1883 

Daniel H. Patrick..... Carmi, 111 Pr., 1877 

Chambers Patterson Pockville Pr., 1837 

A. II. Patterson Fountain County ...Pr., 1837 

Ewing L. Patterson Terre Haute Jr., 1881 

Charles M. Patterson Mt. Liberty Pr., 1881 

George S. Pattie Eureka Fr., 1869 

J. Randolph Patton Livonia Pr., 1862 

Samuel A. Patton Livonia Pr., 1863 

Harry W. Patton Vincennes Pr., 1874 

Charles II. Pauley Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Egbert Paxton Sullivan" Pr., 1875 

William Payne Bloomiield Pr., 1844 

Rollin A. Payne Vernon Irr., 1851 

Joseph S. Payne Bloomington Sel., 1865 



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Agnes S. Payne Bloomingtou Pr., 

Lillie C. Payne Bloomington Pr., 

Florence B. Payne Bloomington Pr., 

Charles N, Peake New Marion Pr., 

William L. Pearson Springville Irr., 

Theodore A. Peck Bloomington Pr., 

George Peckenpaugh Alton Sel., 

Simeon Pedigo Hobbieville S. Fr., 

Thomas A. Peden Spencer I*r., 

Joseph B. Pedrick Columbus Pr.Ji 

Harry D. Peet Jeffersonville S. Fr., 

James A. Peirce Louisville, Ivy Pr. 

Elijah T. Pence Stanford, Ky Pr. 

Ames W. Pence Stanford, Ky Pr., 

George W. Pence Stanford, Ky Fr. 

George Pence Columbus So. 

Charles liollin Pence Peru So., 

S. S. Pendleton Vernon Pr, 

William Pennington Moores ville Fr, 

Andrew Percifield Nashville S. Fr. 

Lulu Perdue Bloomington Pr, 

Jehu W. Perkins Lebanon Fr. 

Eugene L. Perham Lidianapolis Pr. 

Charles Hine Pering Livonia Pr., 

Alfred Hine Pering Bloomington Pr. 

Charles C. Pering Bloomington Fr. 

Ezra Pering Bloomington So. 

Francis Pering Bloomington Sel. 

Charles K. Pering Clear Creek Pr., 

Ella M. Pering Clear Creek Pr, 

Lucy Pering Bloomington Pr, 

Ella Pering Bloomington Pr. 



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Frances E. Pering Bloomington... 

Clinton C. Pering Clear Creek Pr, 

Herschel Peters Jeffersonville S. Fr, 

Henry Peterson Union Village Pr., 

Ebenezer H. Pettus Bloomington Fr. 

Samuel Pfrimmer Lanesville Pr, 

Allie Pfrimmer Lanesville Pr. 

Lizzie Pfrimmer Lanesville Pr. 

Alfred W. Phillips Bloomington Pr. 



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Samuel H.Phillips Louisville, Ivy Sel., 1865 

Joseph L. Phillips Bowling Green, Ky.So., 1839 

E. P.Phillips Bloomington Fr., 1879 

Joseph A. Phillips Cincinnati Fr., 1879 

Fannie J.Phillips Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Kate Phillips Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Eva J.Phillips Ellettsville Fr., 1883 

Charles W. Philpntt Bloomington Jr., 1888 

Washington H. Phipps Freedom Fr., 1864 

Samson C. Phipps Seabury... Fr., 1881 

Isaac W. Pickard Sylvania Fr., 1882 

Homer T. Pickel Harrodsburg Pr., 1875 

Samuel O. Pickens Cuba Sel., 1865 

W. A. Pickens Spencer Jr., 1881 

Henry Pitts ..Knightstown S. Fr., 1871 

William R. Pleak Adams SeL, 1875 

Elwood Pleas Henry County Irr., 1853 

William A. Poindexter Stamp'g Gr'nd, Ky..So., 1863 

Willy F. Poindexter Keek's Church Pr., 1876 

B. C^Polk Lafayette So., 1835 

William L. Polk Greenwood... Sr., 1866 

Godfrey Pope Louisville, Ky Fr., 1835 

Wallace Pope Louisville, Ky Irr., 1846 

Edward J.Pope -Louisville, Ky Fr., 1858 

Benjamin Pope Shepherdstown, Ky.Pr., 1863 

J. Worden Pope Louisville, Ky So., 1864 

Afred T. Pope Corydon ! Fr., 1859 

Hamilton Pope, Jr Louisville, Ky Irr., 1866 

H. D. Pope Mitchell ", Fr., 1867 

Isaac Newton Porch Ladoga Fr., • 1855 

David F. Porter PaoH.. Pr., 1848 

Henry Potts Knightstown Fr., 1872 

James W. Powell Boland, Illinois Pr., 1861 

Henry L. Powell New Castle So., 1866 

Lafayette Powers Fort Branch Pr., 1867 

Nehemiah B. Powers Muncie Jr., 1871 

Joseph A. Pownal Columbus Fr., 1848 

Thomas A. Prather JefFersonville So., 1859 

Isaac O. Prather ;...Jefi'ersonville Pr., 1861 

Martin L. Prather ...... Jeffersonville Sen., 1862 



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Douglass B. Pressel Bloomington Pr., 1867 

George W. Pressley Ogdeii Fr., 1852 

James L. Pringle Washington Fr., 1870 

Lewis Prosser Brown County Irr., 1848 

George Prosser Bean Blossom Pr., 1856 

Isaac I^. Prosser Bean Blossom S. Fr., 1856 

James F. Prosser.... Bean Blossom Pr., 1878 

James Prowe ...Bloomington :.Pr., 1859 

Samuel E. Puett Rockville ...,Pr., 1864 

Sabin J. Puett Gosport Pr., 1879 

Francis Pruyn Richmond Pr., 1837 

Emery Raher Wolcottville Fr., 1878 

George W. Rahn Savannah, Ga SeL, 1842 

Xapoleon A. Rainbolt Springville Fr., 1859 

W. T. Rader Monroe County Pr., 1850 

George B. Rader Monroe County Pr., 1851 

Wesley Rader Bloomington S. Fr., 1869 

AVilliam A. Rafferty Shelby..!. Pr., 1846 

Theodore N. Rafferty Springville Pr., 1864 

F. Bradley Rafferty ..Fredericksburg So., 1875 

John M. Ragan ....'. Benton, 111 So., 1870 

Algern Ragle Loogootee Fr., 1882 

Miles Ragsdale Washington Pr., 1866 

James M. Ragsdale Washington Pr., 1856 

Samuel B. Railsback Argos Pr., 1874 

Fixnnie M. Ralston Manville So., 1883 

Hannah M. Ramage Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Alfred A. Ramsey Pntnam County Irr., 1848 

Robert B. Ranard Whitehall Pr., 1859 

Jacob M. Ranard .Whitehall S. Fr., 1859 

John L. Rand Hart's Mills Pr., 1859 

Richard R. Randall. Bloomington Pr., 1880 

George S. Randall Greenbush Pr., 1882 

Charles F.Randall Aurora Jr., 1882 

James W. Randall Aurora Jr., 1883 

Ruth Randolph Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Jackson Randolph Bloomington So., 1883 

James S.Rankin Bedford... Pr., 1838 

John Rankin Evansville Pr., 1851 

Samuel C. Rankins Spencer Pr., 1861 

Samuel A. Rarideia.^v., Paoli Pr., 1837 



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Beverley Ratclitf Washington Fr., 1841 

Mattie Rawles Bloomington Fr., 1880 

Daniel A. Rawlings Monroe County Pr., 1837 

John Rawlings Monroe County Pr., 1845 

David B. Rawlings Oxford Fr., 1875 

James S.Rawlins Bedford Fr., 1838 

James M. Rawlins Bedford Irr., 1841 

James S. Rawlins Bloomington Pr., 1861 

Joseph F. Rawlins Salt Lake City, U...Jr., 1873 

Leroy L. Rawlins Bloomington Pr,, 1880 

William F. Rawlins ....' Maple Valley So., 1883 . 

J. Ebersole Rawson Bloomington Pr., 1858 

George V. Rawson Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Joseph D. Ray Monroe County Fr., 1841 

James A. Read Jefl'ersonville Jr., 1851 

Henry K. Read Muncie Fr., 1879 

William Reader Mauckport So., 1838 

Henry Reader. Harrison County ...Irr., 1847 

James Reader Mauckport Irr., 1850 

Charles H. Reader Corydon Pr., 1867 

George Ream Columbia City Pr., 1867 

Jenny Reavill Morea, 111 Pr., 1876 

James D. Reavill Robinson, III Sr., 1881 

David Allen Reavill Flat Rock, 111 Pr., 1881 

Charles Mc. Reavill Flat Rock, 111 Pr., 1881 

J. O. Reay Louisville, Ky Irr., 1850 

Thomas A. Record i^ew Harmony Pr., 1877 

William R. Reddick Nashville Pr., 1875 

James I. Reed Trinity Springs S. Fr., 1856 

Isaac O. Reed Bloomington Pr., 1868 

John Reed Bloomington Pr., 1875 

l!iettie E. Reed Greensburg Pr., 1878 

Mary Reed Worthington Pr., 1879 

Ira H. Rees Bloomington Pr., 1853 

George Reese White County Pr., 1846 

John^D. Reese Terre Haute Pr., 1881 

James H. Reeves Bloomington Pr., 1860 

Joseph H. Reeves. Bloomington Fr., 1861 

Albert Benton Reeves Warrington So., 1883 

George W. Register New Lebanon Pr., 1866 

William A. Reid Bloomington Pr., 1861 



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Adelaide L. Reid Salem Fr., 1872 

Ariua B. Reid Lyons Pr., 1878 

George G. Reily Mt. Pleasant So., 1859 

J. Reno Gosport Pr., 1850 

Henry N. Reiibelt Bloomington Jr., 1870 

B. F." Reynolds Crawford County ...Pr., 1840 

Chalmers Reynolds Fair Plaven, 0...'.....Fr., 1846 

Benjamin Reynolds Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Jacob M. Rhode Rainsville Pr., 1855 

Samuel A. Rhorer Monroe County Pr., 1844 

Milton M. Rhorer Monroe County Sel., 1845 

George H. Rhorer Monroe County Pr., 1854 

Melvin Rhorer Louisville, Ky Pr., 1857 

Samuel Kentucky Rhorer Louisville, Ky Pr., 1858 

Daniel Rhorer Bloomington Pr., 1859 

William H. Rhorer Bloomington Sel., 1865 

Mary B. Rhorer Bloomington Sel., 1874 

Eliza E. Ribble Selma Fr., 1882 

John W. Rice Wickhffe Irr., 1844 

J. Harrison Rice Waveland So,, 1846 

John B. Rice Bloomington Fr., 1870 

William G. Richards Orleans Pr., 1857 

James Richardson Rockport Pr., 1 875 

Allison G. Richardson Mooresville Pr., 1876 

Brewer Richardson Mooresville Pr., 1876 

David R. Richeson Monroe County. .....Pr., 1851 

S. H. Ricks Rome Pr., 1850 

Hiram D. Riddile Bluffton Sel., 1856 

William Riddle, Louisville, Ky S. Fr., 1866 

Elias D. Riddle Louisville, Ky Pr., 1866 

Lannie A. Rider Crothersville Pr., 1882 

William Ridge Crawford County. ..Pr., 1835 

Lizzie E. Ridge Ellettsville Pr., 1876 

William L. Rieley Orleans Irr., 1844 

William R. Righter Morristown Pr., 1866 

W. S.Riley Orleans Sel., 1845 

Th. J. Riley Jefferson County.... Sel., 1845 

John E. Riley Bloomington So., 1879 

Caleb A. Ritter Valley Mills Fr., 1873 

David A. Roach Wallace Fr., 1869 

Addison L. Roach, Jr Indianapolis Pr., 1880 



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LmcoInRoad Peru Pr., 1860 

Jolm M. Robb Princeton Sel., 1865 

"William G. Roberts Newburg Fr., 1846 

Phelps S. Roberts Yazoo, Miss So., 1852 

Aurelius H. Roberts Bruceville Pr., 1854 

Marcellus P. Roberts Bruceville Pr., 1856 

Walker Roberts Yelvington, Ky Sel., 1865 

E.Adelia Roberts West Gardiner Fr., 1869 

Robert R. Roberts ^ewburg S. Fr., 1873 

Fenwick Robertson Kingston Irr., 1851 

Sylvester H. Robertson Kewburg Pr., 1852 

William F. Robertson Bloomington Pr., 1859 

John W. Robertson , Bloomington S.Fr., 1867 

Middleton C.Robertson Deputy Pr., 1874 

Charles T. Robertson Bloomington Pr., 1866 

James Robertson Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Samuel G.Robertson Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Milton S. Robertson Bloomington So., 1864 

James M. Robinson Bloomington Irr., 1846 

Thomas J. Robinson Bloomington Pr., 1854 

Henry A. Robinson Lewisburg, W. Va . . .Fr., 1856 

Melville C. Robinson Paris Sen., 1864 

Milton S. Robinson Bloomington S. Fr., 1861 

William H.Robinson .Delphi So., 1870 

John M. Robinson Tipton So., 1870 

Charles W. Robinson Xorth Vernon Sel., 1871 

F. Ella Robinson Bloomington Pr., 1875 

James E. Robinson Bloomington Pr., 1876 

John N. Robinson Jlindostan Pr., 1876 

William C. Robinson Owensville Jr., 1881 

Robert P. Robison iS'ew Harmony Pr., 1844 

Andrew Robison Johnson Irr., 1852 

Thomas Robison , Bloomington Pr., 1853 

Andrew B. Rock Fairhaven Pr., 1858 

Emma C. Rock Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Andrew R. Roddy Smithville Pr., 1859 

Rufus Roddy \ Smithville So., 1863 

Samuel D. Roddy Bloomington Fr., 1867 

Andrew D. Roddy Bloomington Pr., 1867 

James L. Roddy Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Benjamin F. Rogers Monroe County Pr., 1835 



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Franklin J. Rogers Monroe County Fr., 1837 

Lewis Rogers Monroe County Pr., 1838 

Ephraim H. Rogers Monroe County Pr., 1844 

Du dley Rogers Monroe County Pr., 1 846 

Ephraim A. Rogers.,. Laporte Irr., 1846 

Isaac M. Rogers Blooniington Pr., 1846 

Benjamin F. Rogers Laporte County Fr., 1847 

John W. Rogers Laporte Irr., 1852 

John D.Rogers New Albany Pr., 1855 

David W. Rogers Blooniington Pr., 1859 

Benjamin F. Rogers Blooniington Pr., 1857 

Samuel B. Rogers Blooniington Pr., 1857 

Franklin Rogers Blooniington ]^r., 1858 

Xapoleon B. Rogers Blooniington Vr., 1858 

Francis M. Rogers .., Blooniington S. Fr., 1861 

David W. Rogers Blooniington Sel., 1862 

Thomas I. Rogers Blooniington Fr., 1863 

Thomas P. Rogers Blooniington So., 1864 

Dudley Rogers Blooniington Sel., 1865 

Walstein Q. Rogers Loogootec S. Fr., 1866 

George W. Rogers Blooniington Sel., 1867 

Mar}' S. Rogers Bloomington Fr., 1868 

Benjamin A. Rogers Bloomington Fr., 1869 

Minnie M. Rogers Bloomington Pr., 1876 

Mattie I. Rogers Bloomington Sel., 1878 

William P. Rogers Bloomington So., 1879 

John S. Rogers Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Joe M. Rogers Bloomington So., 1882 

Xannie Rogers Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Emma L.Rogers Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Hugh Ronalds Albion, Illinois So., 1878 

Patrick Ronan Bloomington Pr., 1 867 

John Ronan, Jr Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Christian Y. Roop Lagrange Sel., 1873 

Franklin S. Root Kent's Station Pr., 1864 

William L. Root Vincennes Pr., 1874 

Ida W. Rose Bloomington Pr., 1882 

George W. Roseberry..., Hopewell Pr., 1856 

N. P. Roseberry Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Morris Rosenthal Jeiierson Pr., 1867 

Samuel Ross Whitestown S. Fr., 1861 



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Bernard Ross Elizabeth Pr., 1867 

George N. Rouse Bloomington Pr., 1866 

Ricliard H. Rousseau Louisville, Ky Pr., 1863 

Wesley Rout Lawrence County. ..Fr., 1851 

David Routson Two Mile Prairie ...Pr., 1859 

William 0. Rowan Winamac S. Fr. 1870 

Lewis S. Rowan Winamac So., 1870 

Henry P. Rowan Winamac So., 1870 

Marei Rowland Bolivar, Miss Pr., 1867 

Joseph P.Rowland Charlestown S. Fr., 1859 

David W. Rowland Charlestown Pr., 1866 

John S. Royer Charlestown S. Fr., 1861 

William E. Ruble Edinburgh Pr., 1858 

William Ruddick Columbus Irr., 1841 

Robert L. Ruddick .....Columbus So., 1852 

Dewitt C. Rugg Decatur Fr., 1855 

James T. Runcie Fort Branch Fr., 1872 

H. W. Runnells Madison, Missouri.. .SeL, 1842 

James B. Runnion Lafayette Pr., 1855 

James A. Russel Bloomington Pr., 1861 

James R. Russel New Albany Pr., 1866 

Frederick Rust Holland Pr., 1860 

T.J.Ryan Bloomington Pr., 1842 

J. Howe Ryors Bloomington So., 1868 

Joseph J. Sadler Bloomington Pr., 1846 

Milton V. Sadler Stanford Pr., 1859 

Edward M. Salyards Orleans Pr., 1866 

T. Boys Sample Lafayette Pr., 1856 

James T. Sanders Indianapolis Pr., 1837 

Griffin P. Sanders Indianapolis Pr., 1838 

L. W. Sanders Monroe County Pr., 1838 

Emma E. Sanders Plainfield Pr., 1875 

Avis Sanders Bloomington So., 1880 

Nathan Sanford Washington SeL, 1872 

James M. Sankey Terre Haute Fr., 1858 

John M. Sappenlield Parkville Pr., 1861 

Eusebius M. Sappeniield Parkville Sel., 1864 

Henry Sargent Buck Creek Pr., 1857 

William Saunders Greensburg Fr., 1845 

James M. Scantlin Evansville Fr., 1861 

John C. Schafer Lanesville Fr., 1864 



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Valentine Scharger Bine Creek Pr., 1859 

Francis Schell Frederick, Md Pr., 1840 

William W. Schermerhorn ...Delphi So., 1859 

J. G. Schleuchter... Zurich, Ont., Can ...Fr., 1879 

Charles S. Scholield Indianapolis Sel., 1875 

Jennie S, Schofield Indianapolis Sel., 1875 

James P. Scott Burnettsville Fr., 1858 

William H. Scott Logansport Pr., 1862 

William T. Scott Mauckport Fr., 1866 

Isaiah Scott Greentown Pr., 1868 

Truston K. Scott Paoli Pr., 1868 

H. A. Seall Bloomington Pr., 1838 

Linezej Seals Salem Sr., 1840 

Anna Seay AVashingtou Pr., 1876 

James B. Sedwick Ellettsville Pr., 1856 

Christopher Seiger Columbus Pr., 1868 

George A. Seldemridge Delphi Pr., 1881 

Emma J. Semple Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Ida S. Semple Bloomington Pr., 1882 

John Serring Madison Pr., 1835 

Daniel H. Sessions Madison, Miss Sel., 1842 

George Setchell Evansville Pr., 1859 

Ahner Severs Monroe County Sel., 1845 

James Seward Bloomington Pr., 1841 

Bryson Seward Bloomington Pr., 1844 

Wm. H.Seward Bloomington Sel., 1875 

Flora L. Seward Bloomington Pr., 1879 

William Frost Seward Bloomington Pr.. 1881 

George Seward Bloomington Pr., 1882 

William Seward Bloomington Pr., 1882 

May Seward Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Lemuel B. Sexton Green Pr., 1844 

James H. Shadday Moorefield SeL, 1872 

Charles A. Shafter Bluffton Irr., 1853 

James G. Shaffer Kewanna Pr., 1860 

Henry L. Shank Rome Irr., 1.871 

Samuel R. Shannon Carmi, 111 Fr., 1869 

Josiah Shaw Vermillion County. Pr., 1837 

Carpus N". Shaw Bloomfield Jr., 1852 

E. Shehle Louisville, Ky Pr., 1835 

Benjamin Sheeks Mitchell Jr., 1864 



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Oliver Sheets Madison Pr., 1835 

William O. Sheets Madison Fr., 1837 

Phcebe 0. Shelhoi-n Adams Pr., 1882 

Albert L. Shelton Hall Pr., 1867 

John A. Shepherd Cumberland Sel., 1877 

Jacob F. Sherfv Bloomington Pr., 1860 

George R. Sherman Mauckport Pr., 1867 

Walter X. Sherman Bloomington Fr., 1872 

Alexander Shields Merom .\. Pr., 1840 

James W. Shields Orleans Pr., 1846 

James E. Shields Kockport Pr., 1850 

Lyeiirgus Shields Rockport Pr., 1851 

L. Harper Shields Columbns Fr., 1856 

T. Bruee Shields Seymour Jr., 1863 

William H. Shields Seymour Jr., 1863 

William H. Shields Columbus Pr., 1867 

Alfred M. Shields Rochester Pr., 1874 

A.J. Shields Solsberry Fr., 1879 

W. D. Shields Eminence Fr., 1880 

John W. Shields Bloomington Pr., 1882 

J. E. Shipman Solsberry So., 1879 

Milford B. Shipp Edinburgh Fr., 1853 

James A. Shirk Brookville Pr., 1875 

John Shirk Brookville Pr., 1876 

Elizabeth Shirk Peru Sel., 1878 

James M. Shirk Whitcomb Fr., 1881 

George M. Shirk Brookville Pr., 1881 

L. O'Brien Shirley Orangeville So., 1869 

Jasper X. Shirley Lebanon Fr., 1877 

John C. Shirts..". Scotland Pr., 1880 

A. S. Shively Louisville, Ky... So., 1850 

John C. Shockley Sugar Creek Pr., 1860 

William Shoemaker Winchester Irr., 1847 

John W. Shoemaker Laporte Pr., 1867 

Frederick C. Shoemaker Bloomington Fr., 1871 

Bruce W. Shoemaker Blnifton Sel.. 1876 

Charles M. Shook.... Versailles Sel, 1845 

Owens Short Springville Pr., 1844 

Doddrige Short Springville Irr., 1844 

Samuel W. Short Springville Pr., 1846 

Hansford Sho rt Lawrence Pr., 1846 



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Senteny Short Monroe County In-., 1853 

ILiram E. Short SpringviUe Pr., 1864 

Morris T. Short Carthage Jr., 1870 

Emerson Short Owensburg- So., 1870 

Thales Short .* SpringviUe So., 1878 

B. Orrin Short New Marion..... Pr., 1877 

John G. Shi-yer Monroe Pr., 1844 

Oscar W. Shryer Bh^omfield So., 1868 

Joseph E. Shryer Bloomfield Irr., 1871 

Lewis I. Shryer Worthington Pr., 1881 

J. William Shuey Elkhart Pr., 1867 

Oscar F. Shumway Azalia Er., 1864 

Jesse P. Siddall...! Richmond ..Pr., 1837 

Robert A. Silliman Carmi, 111 Fr., 1873 

Guy C. Silliman Carmi, 111 Fr., 1873 

William A. Simier Harrison Irr., 1846 

Benton Simpson Lawrence So., 1 848 

John R.Simpson Paoli Pr., 1854 

Richard D. Simpson Paoli Irr., 1871 

Orrin Simpson Centre l*r., 1874 

Lawrence Simpson Centre... I*r., 1875 

Henry Sims Martinsville Pr., 1838 

William M. Sims mica Pr., 1852 

Lafayette Sims Corydon Pr., 1867 

James a: Sims White Hall Fr., 1872 

Kate May Sims.". Utica ]*r., 1879 

John T. Sims Colmnbus Pr., 1880 

Charles E. Sims Utica Fr., 1882 

Benjamin F. Simmons Benton, Miss Pr., 1860 

John W. St. Clair.., Switz City Vr., 1878 

William S. Slagley Organ Spring I'r., 1875 

John B. Slater Glendale Fr., 1871 

John W. Sloan Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Leroy C. Slocomb Fraucisville... Pr., I860 

Eva Slocomb Bloomington Pr., 1882 

James R. Slnss Bloomington Pr., 1853 

Edward J. Sluss Bloomington So., 1862 

Henry C. Sluss Tuscola, Illinois... ...Fr., 1865 

Thomas M. Sluss Bloomington Pr., 1867 

James G. Sluss Bloomington Fr., 1870 

Eva B. Sluss Bloomington Sen., 1874 



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Lizzie Sluss Bloomington So., 

Addie May Shiss Bloomington Fr. 

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Clara Sluys Bloomington ... 

William R. Small Bloomington Sen 

Charles S. Small Bloomington Pr. 

*Elizabetli D. Small Bloomington Jr. 

J. Oliver M. Small Bloomington So. 

John C Smalley Springfield Fr. 

William M. Smallwood Harrodsbnrg Sel 

Levi Smallwood Harrodsbnrg Fr. 

Samuel Smallwood Harrodsbnrg Pr. 

William C. Smith Monroe County Pr. 

Thomas A. Smith Louisville, Ky Pr. 

Thomas H. Smith Lonisville, Ky Pr. 

Townsend Smith Bloomington Sel 

Wilson Smith Cambridge Fr. 

Robert A. Smith Boonville Irr 

W. H. Smith Salem Pr. 

Thomas F. Smith St. Louis, Missouri. .Irr 

Daniel W. Smith Lawrenceburg Pr. 

Rodney D. Smith Stanford Irr 

William C. Smith Warrick County Pr. 

Renben W. Smith Wawpecong Pr. 

James M. Smith Zionsville So. 

James W. Smith Mahalasville Pr. 

Robert H. Smith Sta nford Pr. 

James W. Smith Bloomington Pr. 

Dudley Frederick Smith Stanford Sr., 

Calvin W. Smith Versailles So., 

David F. Smith Unionville Sel, 

Calvin B. Smith Bowling Green, Ky. Fr., 

David F. Smith Bryant's Creek Pr., 

George D. Smith Cynthiana Fr., 

Samuel T. W. Smith Bloomington Pr., 

William Smith Bryant's Creek Fr., 

Benjamin J. Smith Bloomington Irr., 

I. Brown Smith College Corner, C.Sen., 

James Polk Smith Kokomo Fr., 

John F. Smith Perrysville Sel., 

Jesse F. Smith Perrysville Sel., 

George W. Smith Kokomo Pr., 



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Joseph Smith Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Alvin E. Smith Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Ally Sniith Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Fielding Henry Smith Kokomo So., 1883 

Elmer Smith Bloomington Pr., 1882 

George W. Smith Harroclsburg Pr., 1880 

Winona E. Smith Rose Creek Pr., 1881 

Nelson T. Smith Pierceton Fr., 1881 

Rosa Smith San Diego, Cal So., 1882 

Charles Smith Gosport So., 1882 

Charles E. Smith Clear Creek Pr., 1882 

William M. Smith Bloomington So., 1882 

Lon Smith Bloomington Pr., 1882 

William C. Smydth Monroe Connty So., 1838 

Abraham F. Snapp Vineennes Pr., 1851 

Charles P. Snapp Indianapolis Pr., 1858 

Daniel S. Snapp Edinburgh So., 1864 

John M. Snoddy Stylesville Fr., 1857 

Luther Snodgrass Monroe County Irr., 1853 

Anna Belle Snodgrass Bloomington Fr., 1873 

Jennie Snodgrass Bloomington Pr., 1879 

H. Snyder Bloomington Pr., 1850 

John P. Sonner Harrison Irr., 1848 

Horace F. Soliday Indianapolis Pr., 1880 

Pleasant N. Spain Patoka Pr.< 1859 

James W. Spain Patoka Fr., 1859 

Thomas W. Sparks Sanford Fr., 1873 

Philip Speed Louisville, Ky Jr., 1838 

J. Smith Speed Louisville, Ky Irr., 1841 

Henry P. Speed Louisville, Ky Fr., 1863 

Albert Speer Nebraska Pr., 1868 

John W. Spencer Bloomington Pr., 1844 

Calvin Spencer Caddo Parish, La ...So., 1845 

Robert Spencer Parke County Pr., 1848 

Barton W. Spencer Bloomington Pr., 1854 

Alexander Spencer Portland Mills Pr., 1860 

Obiel Spencer Ladoga Fr., 1 861 

Barton P. Spencer Bloomington Sel., 1865 

Alexander Spencer Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Tilghman R. Spencer _ Portland Mills.. Pr., 1875 

Alexander T. Spencer ' Portland Mills Pr., 1880 



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William Speueer Parkeville Pr., 1880 

Ollie E. Spencer Parkeville Pr., 1880 

Mollie R. Spencer Portland Mills Pr., 1880 

Newton R. Spencer Portland Mills Pr., 1881 

Philip Augustine Spink Washington So., 1864 

Charles H. Spinning Warren.. Irr., 1846 

Thomas J. Spitler Rensselaer Pr., 1855 

Adam Y. Spivey Orange Pr., 1881 

Martin Y. Spivey Orange Pr., 1882 

James Spooner Harrison Fr., 1848 

William Spooner Harrison Irr., 1 848 

Frederick 0. Spooner Point Commerce Irr., 1853 

Lizzie T. Sprowle Bloomiugton Sel., 1873 

Edward L. Stacy Prather.^ So.. 1881 

James Stafford Aurora Fr., 1871 

J. M. Stallard Bloomington Sel.. 1842 

James Stallings Union County, O....Fr., 1846 

William Standiford Greencastle So., 1844 

Isaac H. Stanley Fairfield, 111 Fr., 1872 

Oliver W. Stanton Laporte Jr., 1848 

Isaac Starhuck B ridgeport Sel ., 1 871 

Oliver P. Stark Lewis Fr.. 1867 

Mollie Stark Gosport Pr., 1879 

Ida M. Starr Heltonville Pr.. 1881 

Xathaniel Steele Madison Fr., 1857 

Edgar C. Steele Gosport Sel., 1877 

Francis jS^. Ste})lienson Gosport Pr., 1867 

Milburn Stepp Indianapolis Pr., 1845 

Paris Stepp Trenton, Missouri, ..Fr., 1870 

John Stevens Morgan Pr., 1851 

William A. Stevens Terre Haute Pr., 1863 

Warder W. Stevens Corydon Fr., 1865 

Jacob Stevenson Washington Pr., 1856 

John H. Stevenson Concordia, Ivy Pr., 1858 

James Stevenson Rockport Sel., 1865 

Charles B. Stevenson Logansport Sel., 1873 

Abraham B. Stevenson Alvarado Sel., 1874 

William Stewart Indianapolis Sen ., 1844 

Alfred Stewart Albion, 111 Pr., 1857 

John G. Stewart Richland Sel., 1874 

Alice Stewart Worthiup-ton Fr., 1879- 



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Hettie Stimpson Keokuk, la Pr., 1877 

William Stipp Indianapolis Pr., 1844 

Alice Stipp Bloomington Pr., 1881 

M. G. Stirman Owensboro, Ky Jr., 1879 

Frederick V. Stirman Owensboro, Ky Fr., 1881 

Joseph S. Stirman Owensboro, Ky Fr., 1881 

James L. Stites Milan Pr , 1853 

Henry Stockinger, Jr Ballstown Fr., 1864 

Strother M. Stockolager Mauckport Pr., 1863 

Andrew Jackson Stockton Lafayette Pr., 1858 

Howe Stockwell Bloomington Sel., 1865 

William C. Stogdell Thorntown Fr., 1857 

John Stone Indianapolis Pr., 1841 

William Stone Monroe County Pr., 1842 

Caleb Stone Monroe County Sel., 1846 

Mattie Stone Bloomington Sel., 1873 

William P. Stone Camden, Ark. Pr., 1876 

Robert Stoops Putnamville Pr., 1855 

Robert S. Storey Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Lincoln S. Storey Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Gilbert R. Stormont Princeton So., 1869 

J. Lewis Story Smith Mill Fr., 1869 

William Stout Bloomington Pr., 1842 

John W. Stout Azalia Fr., 1869 

James Strack Patriot Pr., 1881 

Francis P. Strader Madison Irr., 1852 

J. G. Strain Laporte Pr., 1838 

Eugene J. Strain Ireland Sel., 1874 

James S. Strickland Owensville Pr., 1867 

James G. Strong Lebanon Fr., 1858 

William P. Stro^pes Bloomtield Pr., 1851 

Olwin T. Struble Taylorsville So., 1857 

Jonathan Stuart Philipstown, 111 Fr., 1858 

George M. Stuart Philipstown, 111 Fr., 1858 

Joshua Stubbs Indianapolis Irr., 1848 

Robert Stunkard Terre Haute Fr., 1880 

Thomas Stunkard Terre Haute Fr., 1880 

Lewis T. Sturgis Fort Wayne Pr., 1865 

David S. Summers Wallace Fr., 1870 

William D. Summers Eminence Fr., 1882 

Henry Surber Gosport Pr., 1866 

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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



John A. Sutherland Bloomington Pr., 

Joseph W. Sutherland Bloomington Pr. 

Frederick Sutter Bloomington So. 

Harley H. Sutton Aurora Sel 

Fannie Swain Pendleton So. 

Elbert M. Swan Rockport So. 

Charles A. Swartz Utica Pr. 

James W. Swayzee Marion So. 

Van S wearingen Monroe Pr, 

James W. Swearingen Bloomington Pr. 

James A. Sweeney Bucyrus, Pr. 

Jesse A. Swem Providence Pr. 

William L. Swindler Laconia, Ky Pr. 

David Tadlock Leavenworth Pr, 

William H. Talbott Orleans Fr. 

William F. Talbott Orleans Fr. 

Josephus Tam Logansport Pr. 

M. G-. W. C. Tanner Jackson County So. 

Thomas B. Tanner Brownstown Pr. 

John F. C. Tanner Brownstown Pr, 

William Tarkington Howard Pr. 

William W. Tarkington Bloomington Pr. 

Eliza Tarkington Bloomington Sel 

Cornelia E. Tarkington Bloomington Sel 

James J. Tate Monroe County Pr. 

Henry F. Tate Indianapolis Pr, 

David J. Tate Johnstown, HI Pr, 

Emma Tate Carmi, 111 Pr. 

Cicero H. Tatman Rensselaer Fr. 

Benedict Burgess Taylor Madison Fr. 

liichard Taylor Jefferson Co., Ky ...Fr. 

J. W. Taylor Frankfort Fr. 

John W. Taylor Waveland So. 

Marshall B. Taylor Lafayette Pr. 

Robert Taylor Indianapolis Pr. 

William J Taylor Smithville Pr. 

John L, Taylor Booneville So. 

Simon Taylor Booneville Sel., 

John Taylor Oakdale Pr., 

James T. Terhune Lagrange Fr., 

William D. Terhune Linton Pr., 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 455 

James D. Test Centerville So., 1845 

George Teter Noblesville So., 1868 

Newton Teter Noblesville So., 1869 

Horace M. Tibbetts Alhambra, Illmois...Pr., 1876 

David W. Tilforcl Edinburgh Pr., 1862 

Simeon Tilghman Newburg Fr., 1864 

Lizzie Tilley Harrodsburg Pr., 1881 

Jennie Tilley Bloomington Pr., 1882 

H.Carroll Timmonds Lamar, Mo Fr., 1872 

Jonathan Tinkey Warsaw Pr., 1867 

Lizzie Title Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Isaac N. Thacker Defiance, O Fr., 1867 

Anna Thicksten Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Barak G. Thomas Lexington, Ky Fr., 1842 

Henry C. Thomas Lonisville, Ky Pr., 1863 

John L. Thomas New Bellville Pr., 1866 

WilHam C. Thomas Louisville, Ky So., 1867 

Antipas Thomas Leesburg Pr., 1867 

James W. Thomas Muncie.". Pr., 1868 

Alonzo S. Thomas Union City SeL, 1873 

Francis H. Thompson St. Mary's, La Irr., 1847 

Ayres Thompson Russellville, Ky Pr., 1865 

John M. Thompson Tampico Pr., 1865 

Rby A. Thompson Solsberry Pr., 1867 

George W. ThomiDson Elizabeth, Ky Pr., 1867 

Julius H. Thompson Albion, 111 Pr., 1867 

Leroy A. Thompson Solsberry Pr., 1868 

George W. Thompson Elizabeth, Iowa Pr., 1868 

Lafayette Thompson Benton Fr., 1870 

Amy Thompson Albion, 111 Sel., 1874 

Robert T. Thompson Solsberry Pr., 1876 

J. Taliaferro Thompson I^ewport Ky Sel., 1877 

Benjamin F. Thompson Larwell Pr., 1880 

Fannie S. Thompson Newport, Ky So., 1881 

Francis M. Thomson New Marion Pr., 1878 

Otho S. Thornberry .....Thorntown i'r., 1883 

Felix Thornton Bloomington Fr., 1868 

James J. Thornton Logansport Pr., 1837 

George A. Throop Bloomington Jr., 1839 

Andrew Todd Randolph Co., Ill...Pr., 1835 

Elhanan P. Todd Madison Irr., 1851 



456 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

Robert C. Todd ^ew Harmony Pr., 1857 

FanuieTodd Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Samuel C. Tomlinson Indianapolis Pr., 1865- 

Arnold Tompkins Paris, 111 So., 186^ 

P. F. Torrence Solsberry So., 1881 

George Torrence Solsberry .,..Pr., 1882^ 

Jobn S. Torrens Elkhorn, 111 Pr., 1860 

Henry P. Tourner Bloomington Sel., 1872 

Ella E. Tourner Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Frank F. Tourner Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Charles Tourner Bloomington Pr., 1882 

N. T. Tower Aurora Sel., 1845 

John S. Townsend Putnamville Pr., 1838 

Edward M. Tracewell Corydon Pr., 1867 

Sarah Trainer Heltonville Pr., 1876 

Joel B. Traylor Jasper Irr., 1877 

William Trent Cuba Sel., 187^ 

D. H. Trimble Shelby County Sr., 1847 

Ernest H. Tripp E'orth Vernon Fr., 1873 

Franklin Trotter Danville Pr., 1835 

Welford H. Trotter .....Valley City Fr., 1867 

Lewis Trumlmll Larwill..... Pr., 1881 

Samuel Tucker Bloomington Pr., 1882 

Virgil E. Tucker :N'ew Philadelphia... Fr., 188^ 

Seth W. Tuley New Albany Fr., 1859 

Ella L. Tuley Bkiomington Fr., 1879 

John K Turner Grant County Irr., 1846 

Austin Turner Bloomington Pr., 1863 

Eugene Turner Bloomington Pr., 1863 

Thomas E. Turner Northern Depot So., 1864 

Charles C. Turner Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Cyrus C. Turner Washington Sel., 1873 

Clara M. Turner Bloomington Sel., 187a 

Walter Turner Bloomington Pr., 1874 

Anna Turner Bloomington So., 1879 

Leander J. S. Turney Fairiield, 111 Fr., 1844 

William Turpin Tipton Pr., 1859 

Charles D. Tyler Newark, N. J So., 1865 

John Van Buskirk Gosport So., 1880' 

Thomas Van Buskirk Gosport So., 1881 

Lawrence Van Buskirk Bloomington Pr., 1882 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 457 

Hart A^aiice New Albany Jr., 1871 

Peter Vandeiibark Kniglitsto wn Irr., 1847 

I. Newton Yanmeter Florida Fr., 1870 

Oeorge W. Vannoy Bloomington Pr., 1865 

Lizzie C. Van Nuys Bloomington Sel., 1875 

Jacob Van Scboik Hope Pr., 1852 

Jacob Van Skike Bartholomew Co Sel., 1853 

Peter Van Slyke Greene County Pr., 1842 

Henry Van Slyke Bloomfield Pr., 1868 

J. M. Vantrees Washington Irr., 1850 

D. Edgar Van Valkenbnrg Plymouth Pr., 1858 

Waldo Van Zandt Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Jerome Gr. Vickers Indianapolis Pr., 1858 

Thomas B. Vigus Logansport Pr., 1837 

John Vinnedge Wayne County Pr,, 1845 

David W. Voiles Salem .*...Fr., 1854 

Harvey B. Voris Pleasant Jr., 1879 

William Daily Voss Bloomington Pr., 1859 

John C. Voss Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Edward M. Voss Bloomington Pr., 1881 

John Q. Voyles Salem Fr., 1872 

Harvey Voyles Salem Fr., 1872 

Thomas A. Wade Epsom Fr., 1869 

John H. Wade Bloomington So., 1870 

William W. Waggener Bloomington Pr., 1857 

Austin S. Waggener Bloomington Fr., 1858 

Thomas H. Waggener Bloomington Fr., 1858 

Abram Wagner Vernon Fr., 1864 

Chapin Wagner Vernon Fr., 1882 

William Frank Wakefield Beech Fork, Ky Fr., 1866 

Lawrence E. Wakefield St. Joseph Pr., 1880 

Edgar L. Wakeman Chicago, 111 Fr., 1869 

John B. Waldron Bloomington Pr., 1874 

Mollie Waldron Bloomington Pr., 1882 

George L. Walker Amesville Pr., 1853 

Isaac W. Walker Bloomington Pr., 1856 

William H. Walker EvansviUe So., 1859 

Jesse W. Walker EvansviUe So., 1859 

William G. Walker Bloomington Pr., 1860 

Irwin S. Walker Aurora Pr., 1861 

Christopher R. Walker Bloomington Pr., 1863 



458 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

James D. Walker Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Charles S. Walling Kniglitstowii Fr., 188a 

Flora Wallingford Bloomington Pr., 1882 

William A. Wallingford Bloomington Jr., 1882 

John L. Walters Lancaster So., 1869 

John Walton Eugene Pr., 1848 

Frank Wantland Springville Pr., 1868 

David L.Ward Monroe County Pr., 1858 

Granville B. Ward Bloomington Pr., 1861 

William P. Ward Benton, PI Fr., 1868 

Laura Ward Winchester Sel., 1878 

Jacob E. Warner Washington Pr., 1862 

Avery W. Warner Edinburgh Pr., 1879 

Robert E. Warren St. Louis, Missouri. .Pr., 1847 

Johnson Warwick Centre Pr., 1875 

Byron Washburn Columbus Pr., 1844 

Mollie Waters Poseyville Pr., 1879 

George G. Watkins Newark Pr., 1882 

WiUiam G. Watson Harrison Irr., 1852 

Louisa Watts Bloomington Sel., 1871 

John Watts Santa Fe, K M Pr., 1878 

Robert J. Watts Nashville Pr., 1879 

Harry C. Weatherby Bloomington Pr., 1880 

John R. Weathers Marengo So., 1870 

George C. Weaver Poseyville Pr., 1866 

Thomas M. Weaver Poseyville Fr., 1870 

Anna A.Webb Bedford Fr., 1881 

James A. Weed Bloomington Pr., 1859 

Otis W. AVeisel Salem Centre Pr., 1862 

Andrew B. Weir New Albany Fr., 1859 

Corwin O. Weir Bloomington Sel., 1871 

Walter L. Weir Bloomington Fr., 1871 

James C. Weir New Philadelphia... Pr., 1876 

William P. Welborn Owensville So., 1856 

James F. Welborn Owensville So., 1856 

Joseph B. Welborn , Owensville So., 1869 

Thomas Welch Simpsonville, Ky . . . .Pr., 1838 

George W. Welch Bloomington Pr., 1858 

John W.Welch Kansas, HI Fr., 1859 

Samuel T. Wells Jackson County Hr., 1844 

William F. Wells Jackson County Irr., 1848 



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James C. Wells Jackson Count}' Jr., 

Kitty Wells Clear Spring Pr., 

Sallie Wells , Clear Spring ,Pr. 

Felix G. Welman Valeene So. 

Augustus L. Welsh Dexter Pr, 

James E. Wesiier Washington Fr. 

Jacob E. Wesner Washington Fr. 

John A. Wesner Washington Pr. 

Charles St. J. West Indianapolis Pr. 

William W. West Fort Branch Sel 

John A. West Fort Branch Fr. 

J. F. West Brookville Sel 

John C. Wharton Tuscola Pr. 

Alfred Wheeler Bristol So. 

Charles Wheeler E^•ansville Irr, 

Sherman G. Wheeler Plymouth Pr. 

Samuel Wlii nery Bntlerville Fr. 

John H. Whipple Winamac Sel 

John Whisenand Monroe County Pr. 

Cynthia Whisenand Bloomington Pr. 

David ri. Whitaker Chatsworth, 111 Pr. 

J. S. Whitaker Alaska So. 

J. Maunsell White Louisville, Ivy Pr. 

Paul White Laporte County Sel, 

John White ISTew Orleans, La Pr.. 

L. Bnrpe White Cincinnati Fr. 

Abraham Whitesell Bloomington Pr. 

Philip Whiting Carmi, 111 Pr. 

Charles A. Whitsell Ellettsville Fr. 

John S. Whitten Leavenworth Irr. 

James V. Whitten Washington Fr. 

Jesse C. Wier Bloomington Pr. 

Charles W. Wickersham Winamac So. 

Edward C. Wedekamper Louisville, Ky Sel 

Robert A. D. Wilbanks Mt. Vernon, 111 So. 

C.E.Wilcox Utica Pr. 

John P. Wilcox Evansville Pr. 

Frank M. Wiles Spencer So. 

William V. Wiley Edgarton, So. 

James B. Wilhite Owensboro, Ky Fr. 

Charles T. Wilkerson Scipio Pr. 



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HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



James Wilkins Washington Pr., 

Brannick Wilkinson Warrick Irr., 

F. M. Williams Indianapolis Fr., 

Jesse J. Williams Franklin Sel 

ITewton H. Williams Jacksonville Irr 

Thomas M. Williams Bloomington Pr. 

Augustus M. Williams Madison County Pr. 

Elkanah Williams Bedford Sr.. 

John E. Williams IvTew Albany Pr. 

J ohn L. Williams Brownsville Pr. 

Abraham Williams Bedford So. 

John F. Williams Leesville Sr., 

Daniel B.Williams Bedford Pr. 

George Williams Terre Haute Pr. 

Leroy Williams Cynthiana Fr. 

John A. Williams Lancaster Fr. 

William R. Williams Lancaster So. 

John Pv. Williams Terre Haute Fr. 

Samuel D. Williams Edinburgh Fr. 

Oreen B. Williams Cynthiana Fr. 

ElishaD. Wilhams Salem So. 

John M.Williams Fort Branch Fr. 

Lawrence Williams Bloomington Pr. 

Charles Williams Edinbnrgh Pr, 

Richard C. Williams Edinburgh Pr. 

Fannie Williams Bloomington Pr. 

Alice Williams Bloomington Pr. 

Julia Williams Bloomington Pr. 

James R. Williams Dupont Jr., 

Elmer B. Williams Grayville, 111 Fr. 

Samuel R. Wilhamson Elkborn, 111 Pr. 

Mamie Williamson Bloomington Fr. 

Lizzie B. Williamson Bloomington Fr. 

Benjamin Willis '. Bloomington Fr. 

Flournoy Willis Bloomington So. 

ISTathaniel Wilson Vermillion County. .Jr., 

Abner A. Wilson Monroe County Pr., 

Tancred R. Wilson Madison Fr., 

William W. Wilson Morgan County Pr., 

Henry D. Wilson jSToblesville ..Jr., 

George W. Wilson Noblesville Pr., 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 461 

William W. Wilson Leesville Pr., 1852 

William K Wilson Ellettsville Pr., 1855 

William M.Wilson Ellettsville Pr., 1857 

John C.Wilson Sullivan Fr., 1858 

Josiah M.Wilson Sullivan Pr., 1858 

William B. Wilson Ellettsville ...Pr., 1859 

David H.Wilson Sullivan So., 1863 

James B.Wilson Sullivan Pr., 1863 

Oeorge W. Wilson Aurora Fr., 1864 

William C.Wilson Paris Pr., 1864 

Walter W. Wilson Brandenburgii, Ky..Pr., 1867 

Alonzo K. Wilson Tipton Pr., 1868 

Amos L. Wilson Granville Fr., 1869 

William O. Wilson Bloomington Sel., 1873 

Samuel A.Wilson Franklin Fr., 1872 

Charles M. Wilson Waldron Sel., 1876 

J. M. Wilson Scotland Pr., 1878 

Robert J. Wilson Troy Pr., 1879 

Amanda Wilson Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Ada L. Wilson Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Davison Wilson Green sburg Jr., 1880 

James li. Wilson Boonville So., 1883 

Millard F. Wimar Burnettsville Fr., 1872 

Mary Winans Muncie So., 1883 

Joseph Windsor Angola Pr., 1845 

Robert B. Winloek Russellville Pr., 1866 

Joseph Winsor Cooperstown, IT. Y. Fr., 1846 

William J.Wirt... Bloomington Pr., 1864 

George D. Wise, Jr Accomack, Va Jr., 1851 

Andrew F.Wise Decatur So., 1857 

Luther D. Wishard Knightstown Fr., 1871 

Jacob Wisner J^ewberry Pr., 1858 

F. L. Wolfe Mauckport Pr., 1850 

Benjamin S. Wolfe Bloomington Fr., 1859 

Clater C. Wolfe Bloomington Pr., 1861 

Leonidas 0. P. Wolfe Mauckport ..Pr., 1862 

William R. Wolfe Morristown Fr., 1866 

James H. Wolfe Corydon Fr., . 1870 

Luke Wood Crawford County ...Pr., 1844 

William D. Wood Spartansburg Irr., 1847 

Emsley Wood Bloomington Pr., 1860 



462 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

John C. Wood Bloomington Pr., 1862 

Elisha B. Wood Ridgeville Pr., 1867 

Austin E. Wood Bloomington Pr., 1868 

Paris E. Wood Bloomington Pr., 1868 

John E. Wood Marengo So., 1870 

James B. Wood Bloomington Fr., 1870 

Julia R. Woodall Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Matthew W. Woodburn Monroe County Jr., 1851 

Walter E. Woodburn Bloomington So., 186& 

T. Wylie Woodburn Bloomington Pr., 1867 

William N. Woodbury Nineveh^ Fr., 185& 

Herschel Wooden Greensburg Sel., 1875 

William K. Woodruff ^^ineveh Pr., 1855 

John T. Woodruff Lima Pr., 1860 

David Woods Eutledge, Tenn Pr., 1837 

Emsley H. Woods EUettsville Fr., 1861 

Wilbur Woods Knightstown So., 188a 

Harrison Woodsmall Gosport So., 1861 

Thaddeus Woodward Harrodsburg Fr., 1868 

Mary S. Woodward Stanford Sel., 187a 

Belle Woodward Logansport Pr., 1875 

Mary J. Woodward Harrodsburg Pr., 1879 

John J.Woodward Buena Vista Pr., 1879 

Lena A. Woodward Harrodsburg Pr., 1882; 

Erie Woolery Linton Fr., 1869 

Ella M. Woolie Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Peter R. Wordsworth Raglesville Pr., 1876 

James Craig Worley Bloomington Pr., 185& 

Francis E. Worley EUettsville Pr., 1857 

A. May Worrall Bloomington Fr., 1878 

Samuel A. Wray Greenfield Fr., . 1870 

Anson Wright Terre Haute Sr., 183& 

Lester Wright Terre Haute Sr., 1839 

Henry Wright Washington Co Pr., 1841 

Solomon Wright Yevay Sel., 1845 

IN'apoleon B.Wright Madison., Pr., 1856- 

William Wylie Bloomington Sr., 1835 

Jonathan D. Wylie Monroe County Fr., 1847 

J. Dixon Wylie Monroe County Irr., 1848 

Samuel W. Wylie Sparta, 111 Irr., 1853 

John H. Wylie Bloomington Fr., 1867 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 463- 

Theophilus A. Wylie, Jr Bloomingtoii Fr., 1871 

Agues Wylie Bloomingtoii Fr., 1873 

Margaret Wylie Philadelphia, Pa Sel., 1877 

Sallie Wylie Bloomingtoii Pr., 1879 

L. J. Wylie Bloomington Fr., 1882 

Emma J. Wylie Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Henry E. Wysor Mimcie Pr., 1877 

Leander Yarito Troy Sel., 1871 

Alexander Yates Hinds County, Miss. So., 1848 

Luke D. H. Yates Hinds County, Miss.Irr., 1848 

Robert G. Yates Hinds County, Miss.Irr., 1848 

Henry A. Yeager Fort Branch Jr., 1870 

James B. Yearns Greensburg Irr., 1844 

Andrew E. York Bloomington Pr., 1877 

Rena M. York Bloomington Pr., 1879 

Henry Young Bloomington Pr., 1867 

Thomas S. Young Vincennes Fr., 1871 

Jacob Brown Young N"ewark So., 1877 

Belle L. Young Bloomington Pr., 1878 

Emma Young Natchez, Miss Pr., 1879 

Tully Young\ Bloomington Pr., 1880 

Martin Young Bloomington Pr., 1881 

Edward C. Zaring Princeton Pr., 1879 

W. L. Zaring \ Princeton Pr., 1879 

Winfield S. Zena Centre Point Fr., 1873 



A LIST OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FROM 

1820 TO 1890, PRECEDED BY A SKETCH 

OF DR. DAVID H. MAXWELL, 

FIRST PRESIDENT OF 

THE BOARD. 



With regard to the foundation of Indiana University in its 
present locality, its survival during its infancy while a seminary 
and its successful opposition to many adverse influences during 
his lifetime, there is no one to whom more credit is due than 
to David H. Maxwell as a legislator and as a trustee. For 
these reasons he is worthy of more than a passing notice. 

Dr. Maxwell was horn near Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., 
September 17, 1786. His parents were from Virginia and his 
grandparents from County Londonderry, in the north of Ire- 
land. They were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and emigrated at 
a very early date to the colony of Virginia. Dr. Maxwell's 
early training was finder that rigid discipline characteristic 
of the Scotch-Irish, a discipline from which he did not de- 
part when training his own family. His early education 
was at home, and such as the neighboring schools afforded. 
"When about eighteen years old, in order to avail himself of 
better advantages, he went to school in Danville, Ky., where 
he became well versed in mathematics, as they were taught in 
that day, and was an excellent, well-read English, though not 
classical, scholar. He studied medicine with Dr. Ephraim 
McDowell, a distinguished physician and surgeon of Danville. 
Having completed his professional studies, he married Miss 
Mary E. Dunn, of Danville, in 1809. Soon after this he moved 
to Jefferson County, Ind., where Hanover now stands. Here 
he practiced medicine till 1812. In this year he joined a volun- 
teer company of rangers under Captain Williamson Dunn, and 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 465 

served for about a year in keeping back the Indians from their 
incursions on the white settlements. Soon after this he moved 
to Madison and practiced medicine there. While there he was 
elected a delegate to the first constitutional convention, held at 
Corydon in 1816. In this year President Madison designated 
Perry Township in Monroe County, as the additional township 
to which Indiana was entitled for educational purposes on be- 
coming a State. From this time Dr. Maxwell's attention was 
directed to Monroe County, and having bought a lot at the first 
sale in Bloomington in 1818, he, with his family moved to this 
place, arriving here May 10, 1819. 

Dr. Maxwell appreciated more than most of the early set- 
tlers the advantages of an education higher than that of the 
country schools, and also anticipated the educational possibili- 
ties at Bloomington. He chose this place as his home, and ever 
since, to the end of his life, in his character as a private citizen, 
as a representative and senator, as an excellent writer, as a man 
of sound judgment, and for many years as President of ,the 
Board of Trustees, he was indefatigable in his labors for the in- 
terest of the University, 

Dr. Maxwell, presuming somewhat, perhaps, upon his ac- 
quaintance with many of the old members of the constitutional 
convention, of which he himself had been a member, went to 
Corydon to use his influence as a lobbyist, and to procure, if 
possible, the location of the State Seminary at Bloomington. 
The result was favorable, and on the 20tli day of January, 1820, 
an act was passed establishing the Seminary at this point on 
the Seminary township. Dr. Maxwell was then appointed one 
of its Trustees, and soon after the organization was elected 
President of the Board. This position he continued to hold 
with but little intermission, till the establishment of Indiana 
College, January 24, 1828. He was President of the College 
Board from 1828 to 1840, with the exception of one year. Dur- 
ing this year, 1838, he was a member of the Legislature, a rep- 
resentative from Monroe County. In 1840 the Board consisted 
of twenty-two members, too large for the dispatch of busi- 
ness, and on the passage of the act February 15, 1841, charter- 
ing the University, the number of the members of the Board 
was cut down to nine. Of this Board Dr. Maxwell was chosen 
President, which ofiice he held continuously till his resignation 
in 1851. 



466 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

During the Seminary period of the Institution it may, in 
truth, be said that Doctor Maxwell was not only the presiding 
officer, but also its executive officer and corresponding secre- 
tary. 

The erection of the new building was in a great measure 
under his supervision. By him all accounts and orders for 
money were allowed. Besides all this there were other minor 
duties which took up much of his time. Not the least among 
these was a large correspondence with prominent men in differ- 
ent parts of the state, to interest them in behalf of the new 
Institution of learning. Many of these subsequently were 
members of the Board. He worked not only among a dis- 
affected element at home, to popularize the Institution, but 
sought favorable consideration from the Legislature. To this 
end he asked his constituents to send him to the Legislature,- 
and was elected a representative in the House for four consecu- 
tive years, namely, the years 1821, 1822, 1823 and 1824. In one 
of these years he was chosen speaker. During this time many 
important matters touching the interest of the seminary came 
up, more especially as to its prospective financial capability. 

In the years 1825-26 he was elected as senator from the dis- 
trict composed of the counties of Monroe, Owen and Greene, 
and was still ever watchful as to the legislation affecting the 
seminary. It was during his senatorial term, in 1826, that the 
question as to what disposition should be made of the semi- 
nary land in Gibson and Monroe counties came up. It was the 
question of the canvass for that year before the people of Mon- 
roe County, for they were personally interested. Much of the 
desirable and very excellent land in Perry township had been 
leased for a term of years, according to the law, and of course 
the lease-holders, men of little means generally, were anxious 
to hold on, while others of more means were anxious to be 
owners in fee simple. The Doctor advocated the idea of actual 
sale to bona fide settlers. His opponent. Craven P. Hester, was 
in favor of leasing for ninety-nine years, as had been the pol- 
icy of Ohio with her seminary townships. The Doctor was 
elected, and the policy which he had advocated before the peo- 
ple was that adopted by the Legislature, with reference to sem- 
inary townships both in Monroe and Gibson counties. While 
it may be true that the lands were put upon the market too 
soon, and at too low a valuation, yet as compared with the re- 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 467 

suit ill Ohio it was a success. Other instances might be given 
of Dr. Maxwell's prudence and management. During nearly 
all the time of his connection with the board he was its presi- 
dent. He was liberal and judicious in his views and zealous 
and fearless in his advocacy of what he regarded as the best 
interests of the University. In 1851 he resigned, and with full 
faith and trust in the religion of his fathers, he died, May 24, 
1854. 

THE TRUSTEES OP INDIANA UNIVERSITY FROM ITS ORIGIN AS A SEM- 
INARY, AS A COLLEGE, AND AS A UNIVERSITY. 

The Legislature of the State of Indiana, January 20, 1820, 
appointed the following named persons as Trustees of Indiana 
Seminary : 

1820, Charles Dewey. 1820, John M. Jenkins. 

1820, Jonathan Lindley. 1820, Jonathan Xichols. 

1820, David H. Maxwell. 1820, William Lowe. 

1820, John Ketcham. 

By an act approved January 24, 1828, the College was estab- 
lished, and the following named persons appointed trustees : 

tl828 *Edward Borland Monroe Co 1829 

1828 Samuel Dodds Monroe Co 1829 

1828.. Leroy Mayiield Monroe Co 1840 

1828 Jonathan Kichols Monroe Co Died 1838 

1828 James Blair Monroe Co 1840 

1828-1836.David H. Maxwell Monroe Co 1838-1851 

1828 William Bannister Monroe Co 1834 

1828 William Lowe Monroe Co.... 1829 

1828 George H. Dunn Dearborn Co 1835 

1828 Christopher Harrison ...Washington Co 1828 

1828 Seth M. Leavenworth ...Crawford Co 1840 



Note. — When there are four dates the first and third indicate the first term of service, 
and the second and fourth, the second term. 

'The above named Trustees of the College, from Ed. Borland to W. Hendricks, inclusive, 
with the exception of Messrs. Dunn and Harrison, met in Bloomington May5, 1828, in the 
Seminary building, and organized the Board, at vehich meeting Dr. David H. Maxwell was 
chosen President. In 1829 Thomas H. Blake, of Marion County, was elected to fill the place 
of Edward Borlapd, resigned. Mr. Blake served till 1840. Governor Hendricks was chosen 
in place of Christopher Harrison, who never met with the Board. 

tThe dates preceding the names of the members and ofiicers of the Board indicate the 
beginning of their service, and the dates following, the termination. 



468 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

1828 John Law Knox Co 1845 

1828 Williamson Dunn Montgomery Co 1831 

1828 Ovid Butler Shelby Co 1831 

1828 Bethuel F. Morris Marion Co 1835 

1829 Thomas H. Blake Marion Co 1840 

1829 Ratliff Boone Warrick Co 1831 

1829 Gov. Wm. Heiidricks*...Jefferson Co 1840 

1830 Rev. John Strange 1831 

1834 Rev. Allen Wiley Switzerland Co 1840 

1834 William C. Foster Monroe Co 1838 

1835 Joshua 0. Howe Monroe Co 1840 

1835 Wilham B. Laughlin Rush Co 1836 

1835 Dennis Pennington Harrison Co 1837 

1836 James M. Farrhigton....Vigo Co 1838 

1836 Nathaniel West Marion Co 1843 

1836 Rev. William Turner.. ..Monroe Co 1840 

1836 Chester G. Ballard Monroe Co 1839- 

In the act to establish a University, approved February 15y 
1838, the following persons were appointed trustees : 

1838 His excellency. Gov. David Wallace, ex-officio, Vice- 
President, and his successors in office forever. 

1838 Gov. Wm. Hendricks ...Jeflerson Co 1840 

1838 Seth M. Leavenworth. ..Crawford Co 1840 

1838 David D. Mitchell Harrison Co 1840 

1838 James M. Farrington ...Vigo Co 1838 

1838 lohnLaw Knox Co 1845 

1838...-. Rev. Allen Wiley Montgomery Co 1840 

1838 Nathaniel West Marion Co 1842 

1838 Isaac Blackford Marion Co 1840 

1838 Jesse L. Holman Dearborn Co 1839 

1838 Jonathan Nichols Monroe Co Died 1838 

1838 Paris C. Dunning Monroe Co 1839 

1838 James Blair Monroe Co 1840 

1838 Chester G. Ballard Monroe Co 1839 

1838 Joshua O. Howe Monroe Co 1840 

We do not find this list where it ought to be, viz., in the Laws and Resolu- 
tions Concerning Indiana University, but in the Record Book of the University, 
which escaped destruction in the fire of '83. 

1838 Richard W. Thompson. .Lawrence Co 1841 

1838 Samuel R. Hoshour Wayne Co 1841 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 469 

1838 George W. Ewiiig Cass Co 1839 

1838 Hiram A. Hunter. Gibson Co 1838 

1838 Tilghman A. Howard ...Parke Co ' 1841 

1838 Craven P. Hester Monroe Co 1840 

1838 Col. Thomas H. B]ake...Vigo Co 1840 

By an act of the Legislature, approved February 15, 1861, the board of trus- 
tees was reduced to the number of nine. 

1841 Miles C. Eggleston Jefferson Co 1849 

.1841 William T^S. Cornet.... Ripley Co 1850 

1838-1849..Robert Dale Owen Posey Co ...1846-1851 

1841 Nathaniel West Marion Co 1843 

1828 John Law Knox Co 1845 

1828 David H. Maxwell Monroe Co 1851 

1841 Elisha M. Hnntington*..Vigo Co 1841 

1841 Lot Bloomfield...^ Wayne Co 1842 

1841 James Seott (Mark Co 1850 

1841-1853..Joseph S. Jenckes Yigo Co 1851-1854 

1842 Piiickney James Ohio Co 1846 

1843 James Morrison Marion Co 1850 

1846 .lohn W.Davis Sullivan Co 1848 

1846,'50;73John I. Morrisonf Henry Co 1849;55,'78 

1846 Albert S. White.... Tippecanoe Co 1851 

1850 John R. Porter Vermillion Co 1851 

1850 Michael G. Bright Jefferson Co 1851 

1851 William M. D.min lefferson Co 1854 

1851 .lac<J) Helwig DeKalb Co 1852 

1851 Rev. John Benoit Allen Co 1852 

1851 George Evans Henry Co 1856 

1851 Michael Malott Lawrence Co 1854 

1851-1856..Rev. P. J. R. Murphy ...Martin Co 1854-1857 

1851 Thomas M. Adams Brown Co 1854 

1851 Johnson McCollough....Monroe Co 1887 

1851-1862..Nathaniel Browning Monroe Co 1854-1870 

1851 Joseph G. McPheeters... Monroe Co 1854 

1852-1857..Rev. AVm. M. Daily. ..Monroe Co 1853-1858 

1853 Cyrus L. Dunham Jackson Co 1854 

1854 Col. Jas. R. M. Bryant...Warren Co 1859 

'"Mr. Huntington, having been appointed Commissioner of the Land Office, resigned' 
never having met with the board, and Joseph S. Jenckes, Sr., of Vigo, was appointed in his 
stead. 

tJohn I. Morrison was appointed during his first term of service from Washington 
County (1846-55;, and second term (1873-78) from Henry County. 

31— HiSTOEY. 



470 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 

1854 Joel B. McFarland Tippecanoe Co 1856 

1854-1859..Kaiisom W. Akin Monroe Co 1856-1860 

1854.. William M. French Clark Co 1858 

1855-1861. .William K. Edwards Vigo Co 1856-1878 

1855 David McDonald Marion Co 1856 

1856 Samuel C. Wilson Montgomery Co 1860 

1856 John L. Robinson Rush Co 1859 

1856 James Hughes .....Monroe Co 1860 

1857-1878..*Addison L. Roache Marion Co 1859-1882 

1858 John B. Winstanley Floyd Co 1865 

1858 David Garland Rose Laporte Co 1860 

1858 John S. Tarkington Marion Co 1862 

1858 James Sweetser Grant Co 1861 

1858 John O'Boyle Vigo Co 1859 

1859 Bayless W. Hanna Vaiiderburgh Co 1862 

1860 David Slieeks Monroe Co 1862 

1860 James D. Maxwell Monroe Co f 

1860 James S.Ferris Henry Co 1861 

1860 L. Humphrey St. Joseph Co 1861 

1861 David Dayton St. Joseph Co 1864 

1861 George A. Irvin Allen Co 1865 

1862 Newton F. Malott Lawrence Co 1867 

1862 William A. Hannaman.. Marion Co 1873 

1866-I875..l8aac Jenkinson Wayne Co 1869t 

1866 Bascom E. Rhoads Vermillion Co .1873 

1866 R. M. Chapman Knox Co 1868 

1867 Wash'gton C. De Pauw..Floyd Co 1874 

1868 Hiram W. Cloud Vanderburgh Co 1874 

1869 Rev. John S. Irwin Allen Co 1875 

1870.... Milton McPhetridge Monroe Co 1879 

1873 John R. Elder .t Marion Co 1874 

1874 John Love Marion Co 1877 

1874 E. W.H.Ellis Elkhart Co 1877 

1874 A. Patton Knox Co 1879 

1877 iDavid D. Banta Johnson Co tl889 

1878 Godlove S. Orth .....Tippecanoe Co 1882 

1878 Rev. James R. Stone Allen Co 1882 



'■'A. L. Roache, first term from Parke County ; second, from Marion. 

tThe indicates that the trustee is still (1889) in office. 

I Judge Banta having been elected Professor of Law in the University in June, 1889, his 
place on the board was vacated. 



HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 471 



1879 Robert W., Miers Monroe Co f- 

1879 Robert B. Ricbardson.... Vanderburgh Co - 



1882 -.Rev. Herbert L.Stetson..Cass Co 1885 

1882 James H. Smart Marion Co ■ 1883 

18S2 Robert S. Robertson Allen Co 

1883 James L. Mitchell Marion Co 

1885 Julius W. Youche Lake Co 

1890. Isaac Leyden Floyd Co 



Officers of the Board of Trustees from 1828 to 1885. 

presidents of the board of trustees. 

David H. Maxwell, M. D., first President of the Seminary 
Board, and also of the board of Indiana College; elected at its 
first meeting in 1828 ; continued till 1837, when Jonathan Nich- 
ols was cliosen, who died in 1838. In 1839 Paris C. Dunning 
was chosen President of the University Board. In 1840 a new 
board was appointed by the Legislature; David H. Maxwell 
made president, which oiSce he held till 1851. 

1852 Jos.G.McPheeter8,M.D..President 1853 

1853 Hon. John L Morrison In office 1855 

1856 Hon. Wm. K. Edwards. ...In office 1857 

1857 Hon. James Hughes In office 1858 

1858 Hon. Samuel C."willson..In office 1861 

1862 Jas. D. Maxwell, M. D In office 1865 

1866 William A. Hannaman....In office 1874 

1875 Hon. John L Morrison....In office 1878 

1879 Addison L. Roach In office 1881 

1882 Judge David D. Banta In office 1889 

1889 Isaac Jenkinson 



THE SECRETARIES OF THE BOARD. 

1828 Prindiwell M. Dorsey.... Secretary 

1835 Lewis BoUman Secretary 

1837 Craven P. Hester Secretary 

1838 James D. Maxwell Secretary 1855 

1856 Michael W. Jlelton Secretary 1857 

1857 Robert C. Foster Secretary 1880 

1 880 Willi am Wesley Spangler 



472 HISTORY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. 



TREASURERS OF THE BOARD. 

1S28.-. Janies Borland 

1835 John Borland Treasurer 1838 

1838 William Alexander Treasurer .1841 

1841 Josepli M.Howe Treasurer 1854 

1855. William C. Tarkino-ton.. Treasurer 1861 

1861 Ransom W. Akin Treasurer 1862 

1862 Milton Higlit Treasurer 1867 

1867 Josepli M. Howe Treasurer 1880 

1880 Alfred R. Howe Treasurer 1886 

1886 AValter E. Woodburn 




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